I hope it works for him! I have a friend who has been through kidney transplants with both of her kids. I got the text version of the 2nd one and as strange as this sounds for what it is was surprised what as relatively fast and not that hard procedure it is once they finally have a donor approved. My friend's daughter was out of the OR in a few hours from the start of surgery and I saw the old kidney and new kidney and it was unbelievable that the old one could have done anything. It was practically pop the old out out and the new one in. I think she was home in 3 days, something like that. I pray it goes as well for your uncle.