3/✍️ Satish Nadig, a transplant surgeon himself who is also the director of Northwestern Medicine Comprehensive Transplant Center, where the surgery took place, says it was a unique experience.
5/✍️ Nicholas didn't fall asleep during the surgery because instead of general anesthesia, the medical staff decided to use spinal anesthesia, similar to what is done during a C-section.
1/✍️ 28-year-old John Nicholas from Chicago witnessed doctors transplanting his kidney and even saw the organ itself.
2/✍️ What he experienced during the surgery, which lasted just under 2 hours, Nicholas called it a "cool experience."
3/✍️ Satish Nadig, a transplant surgeon himself who is also the director of Northwestern Medicine Comprehensive Transplant Center, where the surgery took place, says it was a unique experience.
4/✍️ It was an incredible experience to show the patient what their new kidney looks like before placing it in their body.
5/✍️ Nicholas didn't fall asleep during the surgery because instead of general anesthesia, the medical staff decided to use spinal anesthesia, similar to what is done during a C-section.
6/✍️ Nicholas was released from the hospital just one day after the surgery.