CHICAGO (CBS) -- For the first time, surgeons at Northwestern Medicine have completed a kidney transplant during which the patient was awake the whole time. The surgery took place back on May 24.

Kidney transplants are not ... organ in the U.S. — but a Chicago man recently received his in a highly unusual way. John Nicholas, 28, was awake during the entire procedure, which was performed ...

Osorio/Northwestern Medicine A 28-year-old man from Chicago has undergone a kidney transplant — and he was awake the entire time. “It was a pretty cool experience to know what was happening in ...

A Chicago man was wide awake as he witnessed Northwestern Medicine surgeons place his childhood best friend's kidney inside of him during a cutting-edge kidney transplant procedure. John Nicholas ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — A 74-year-old Zion man is celebrating a new lease on life after he underwent a kidney transplant while he was still awake. Harry Stackhouse, a father of six and grandfather to 17 ...

Less than a day after the surgery, the Chicago-based man was ... A 63-year-old man in the United Kingdom received a kidney transplant while awake in 2010. And surgeons in India have performed ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago man was the first patient at Northwestern Medicine to receive a kidney transplant that he was awake for. John Nicholas, 28, had been experiencing kidney issues for over ...

John Nicholas received the kidney donation from ... undetermined reason A 28-year-old man from Chicago has undergone a kidney transplant — and he was awake the entire time.