 You know, you hear about other people, but you don't think it's going to happen in your life. They knew something was wrong, they knew what it was. And I did a bunch of tests, but I was just not feeling right. Sometime towards the end of January, Dr. Mahendra figured it out. He said, you're going in, you know, we're bringing you right in for the dialysis. Time in Bricktown, dialysis center. And that's where it began. It was kidney failure. Once you start dialysis, or you enter stage five kidney disease, your kidneys are working at less than 15% of normal. Dialysis is recommended. Dialysis, it's a nightmare. Your life is on a standstill. It's almost like you're a dog on a chain. There's people that are on dialysis. When they come out of that, you're spent. You have no energy. The fatigue hits you. And you realize, I've been doing this for a year. And I'm only 57 years old, you know. I should really, you know, look into other options. Kidney transplant is the best possible treatment for end-stage kidney disease. Not every patient will become a candidate for kidney transplant. We were reading up on transplant. Just getting on the kidney list was the most important thing. It was still a three to five-year waiting list. And that's where Dr. Mahendra came through. I did for all my patients with Dr. Lin at Hecatec University Medical Center for evaluation and possible transplant. Marty was a very good candidate for a number of reasons. One, he was actually on dialysis. And the second part is because he had a living donor transplant from Jane. My girl Jane was reading all the same literature I was and asking questions about being a potential donor. I told him that I wanted to do that. And he said, absolutely not. I don't want you to do this. I just looked at him and said, I don't care what you say. This is what I'm doing. She stepped up to the bed. So I was very thankful for that. Very thankful for that. When we went to Hackensack, that was when everything went quick from there. That's when they were first merging. The merger with Hackensack and Meridian has really been a boon not just for the health system in general, but for the transplant program specifically. So when Dr. Lin and Dr. Mahendra working together in the same deal for transplants, that's what I'm looking for. So this will be a perfect team, you know? I mean, I can't say that I wasn't nervous, but I wasn't really concerned because I felt like we were in good hands. We start this operation first thing in the morning. The patient rolls into the operating room and I start my operation. The donor goes in first and roughly about 30 to 45 minutes later. I go in with morning. Each operation is approximately two to three hours from skin to skin. When we do the donor nephrectomy procedure, we make a few small keyhole incisions. We do the entire operation to free the kidney from the surrounding organs and tissues. And then at the end of the operation, we make that small three-inch incision to remove the kidney. Simultaneously, as far as when the kidney comes out of the donor and Jane, we have exposure in the recipient, Marty, so that as soon as the kidney comes out, we can literally put it in. And they both did so well afterwards. Jane was out in a few days. Marty was out in four days. Dr. Lam has given me nothing but great reports on everything that's happened so far. I mean, they're very happy with the results. The first few months we were going back, they couldn't believe it was only like one month or six weeks since the surgery. It's good stuff. Today we're doing fine. I never felt better in my life. Really, I would do it again. Our merger with Meridian again has really helped us get down literally to the backyard of these patients. It makes it easier for them and more convenient for them to see us after our Jersey Shore office. Now, at least, we could come to Jersey Shore or push in medical, river view, which is great because we live down this way. So that makes the business easier. And this is how success is shown. The outcome is phenomenal. Most of the patients want to have transplant at Hackney County University Medical Center. And eventually Jersey Shore University Medical Center. I think that's one of the things we'll be able to do is to be able to transplant, if you will, our experience and expertise down to Jersey Shore so that, again, they have the convenience to go to the center and they trust them. Hackney Center took very good care of us. I think everything we did was above and beyond.