Thousands of patients waiting for organ transplants now have hope after the surgery, which represents a major turning point in the field of transplant medicine.

Speaking on the accomplishment, the surgeon who carried out the surgery, Dr. Tatsuo Kawai, director of the Legorreta Center for Clinical Transplant Tolerance, expressed amazement at the procedure’s success.

“It ‘pinked up’ and started to produce pee as soon as they stitched it in, joining its blood vessels to Slayman’s. “It was the most beautiful kidney I have ever seen,” Dr. Kawai tearfully remarked at a press conference.