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....my friend Joe just got a new kidney! He has a disease that attacks kidneys. Originally, he was without both of his kidneys until he got his first transplant from an aunt. After time, his body attacked that kidney and then he went for years with no kidneys. I can't really remember a time he wasn't doing his own dialisis (sp?) four times a day. He always tells the little kids he hasn't peed in years! He's had trouble with other infections, which have prevented him from getting the new kidney because they won't do the surgery unless you're in perfect health. This morning he finally got the new kidney from his mother-in-law and it looks like blood is going into it. Hopefully he won't have any rejection complications. We're also hoping that the technology will be so advanced by the time the disease kills this new kidney that he can get a fake kidney.