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to die - in some cases very soon - and you put a healthy organ into them and it just transforms them.”
He particularly likes the challenge of transplanting organs into complex cases such as mine, and getting to know them and their families.
The day after surgery, I already felt remarkably well and began eating a normal diet. Steve however, did not fare as well as I did. After making the small incision in Steve’s abdomen to remove his kidney laparoscop-ically, they realized they would need to abandon that approach, and remove his kidney the old fashioned way. The surgeons made a much larger incision in the lower abdomen. His pain level was extraordinary compared to mine. I was ready to be released from the hospital after four days. Steve was

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