Less than 30 minutes after making his post on Sept 18th, a 24 yr old friend, Nick Eaton responded. After testing it was confirmed that it was a match and the surgery was confirmed and successfully completed on Thursday morning at Iowa hospitals and clinics in Iowa city.
"It's incredible that he stepped forward" said John Burge.
"It's pretty scary, but I'm pretty proud of him" said his mothing.
Nick is expected to be out of hospital and spend Christmas with his family.
Image courtesy of the Globe Gazette
