“Tim Andrews knew that he needed dialysis to manage his end-stage kidney disease, but over months of treatment, he started to wonder whether it was worth it. He was exhausted and hopeless. He missed his grandkids.

It kept him alive, but it didn’t feel like living.

Desperate for another option, he found a surprising alternative: an organ from a pig. 

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After the transplant, Andrews spent a week in the hospital but only out of an abundance of caution.

In the months since, he’s had a few ‘small bumps in the road,’ including a three-week hospital stay. But the pig kidney does what a kidney from a living human donor would do.

Life is returning to normal. Andrews cooks, vacuums and takes long walks with his dog, Cupcake.”

From CNN.