The Oshkosh Northwestern | Michael King
Less than 24 hours after Nikki LeFebre of Neenah was notified late Friday afternoon that she was officially on the transplant list for four organs — a stomach, pancreas and small and large intestines — an amazing thing happened.
LeFebre and her husband, Ben, were awakened about 3:30 a.m. Saturday by a call from the Indiana University Health Transplant Team that they had organs that were a match and ready for transplant.
"Everything went really well," said Ben LeFebre, who noted that his 24-year-old wife was groggy but gave him a "thumbs up" Saturday night following the 6-hour transplant surgery in Indianapolis. "You just feel really blessed, really lucky that everything worked out so well."
"It's a gift of life," he said.
Nikki was stable in the intensive care unit and faces the likelihood of four to six weeks of hospitalization and recuperation before going home. She will have a breathing tube removed this morning allowing her to talk for the first time.
Ben credited the transplant coordinator for staying after work Friday evening to complete the paperwork needed to get Nikki on the list.
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