After his life was upended by a debilitating illness, a young man from Montreal and his family are making a public plea in hopes of finding a compatible kidney donor. Julian Zadrozny, 25, knew something was wrong when he began experiencing “really bad leg cramps” and other painful symptoms. “I wasn’t able to sleep through … Read more
CHICAGO — For the first time at Northwestern Medicine, surgeons performed a kidney transplant while the recipient was still awake. Chicago resident John Nicholas successfully received a kidney transplant and was able to walk out of the hospital the next day thanks to the groundbreaking procedure. It was the first time at Northwestern Medicine that … Read more
A medical team in the United States has performed a rare kidney transplant during which the patient was awake throughout the procedure and was discharged the next day. John Nicholas, from Indianapolis, underwent the awake transplant last month at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. His childhood friend, Patrick Wise, whom he has known since … Read more
