A Million Transplants: System Faces Questions Amid Milestone

Sept. 12, 2022 — Kim Uccellini was only 9 when she had the surgery, but the details remain vivid even 33 years later. When her surgeon made rounds, he brought her a teddy bear. But that wasn’t the best part.

“I remember waking up and feeling more alive than I ever had,” Uccellini says. “I wasn’t feeling tired anymore.” Read more from WebMD.