![Surgeons perform first known kidney transplant with patient awake during procedure](https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/06/21/e269da18-d05b-4378-90bb-daeb73c7b8a6/thumbnail/1200x630/22bff7aebde2911cb29bf6b1b608482b/john-awake-in-or.jpg?v=cb1f2643a8816828741cfb3a3fb2d931)
Surgeons perform first known kidney transplant with patient awake during procedure
CBSN
Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine performed a kidney transplant on an awake patient for what is believed to be the first time in the United States.
The patient, 28-year-old John Nicholas of Chicago, felt no pain during the May 24 procedure and was discharged the next day. Typically a patient is hospitalized for 2-3 days following a kidney transplant at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
"It was a pretty cool experience to know what was happening in real time and be aware of the magnitude of what they were doing," Nicholas said in a news release, adding he felt "no sensation whatsoever." "I had been given some sedation for my own comfort, but I was still aware of what they were doing. Especially when they called out my name and told me about certain milestones they had reached."
![](/newspic/picid-6252001-20240618202801.jpg)
A deadly bacterial infection is spreading in Japan. Here's what to know about causes and prevention.
A potentially deadly bacterial infection called streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, or STSS, is spreading in Japan, prompting questions about what causes it and how to prevent it.
![](/newspic/picid-6252001-20240612115548.jpg)
An "unusual" and "strange looking fish" washed up onto an Oregon coast earlier this month, shocking people with its gargantuan size. At first, experts thought it was just a "run of the mill ocean sunfish," known by the scientific name Mola mola, but now, they've learned it's something else — and rare.