A lot of people are surprised economists are assisting with kidney exchanges. Exchanges are what economists are good at.
I'm just really, really thankful. I'm thankful to the doctors; I'm thankful to the family that donated the kidney.
I was in kidney failure. I ended up having a kidney transplant on my 21st birthday.
Post-operatively the transplanted kidney functioned immediately with a dramatic improvement in the patient's renal and cardiopulmonary status.