If I get a kidney transplant one day, I don’t exactly have big plans to climb Mount Everest or swim with the sharks. Really, all that I want is to do normal things like normal people who are my ...

We had the transplant in October 2009, and my native kidneys (37 pounds worth) were removed in 2015. The surgeon, Dr. L, said my wife’s kidney started working while he was hooking it up to me.

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“It was very powerful. … It was just a very surreal experience.” Dr. Vinayak Rohan and Dr. Satish Nadig sit with patient John Nicholas ahead of the “awake” kidney transplant, May 24, 2024.