Natalie Cole has kidney transplant surgery

[BlueJessamine]

Source: MSNBC

LOS ANGELES - Ailing Natalie Cole now has a new kidney.

The 59-year-old singer underwent successful kidney transplant surgery “and is resting comfortably,” publicist Maureen O’Connor said Wednesday. Cole will postpone her summer tour, which was set to begin June 5 and run through November, as she recovers.

Cole had been receiving dialysis three times a week since September. She still continued to perform, even overseas, in support of her latest album, the Grammy-winning “Still Unforgettable,”

The kidney dialysis is unrelated to Cole’s struggle with hepatitis C, a liver disease spread through contact with infected blood. She announced her hepatitis diagnosis last year and said that the disease was likely caused by her drug use years ago.

Cole received painful chemotherapy to treat the hepatitis and “within four months, I had kidney failure,” she told Larry King on his CNN show last month. Without a donor, she would need dialysis for the rest of her life, she said.



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[xchrom]

1. wow -- i didn't even know she had this kidney trouble --

may her recovery be everything anyone could want.

[madrchsod]

2. hep c--the silent killer of my generation....

[KansDem]

3. I have CDs by both her and her dad...

Nat's recording of "Unforgettable" was remixed with Natalie, so it sounds like a father/daughter duet! :)

I hope she gets well soon!

[Vidar]

4. I wish her well.

[Ptah]

5. Unforgettable

Natalie & Nat king Cole - Unforgettable

[Raine]

6. Wishing her all the best

and a full recovery.

[saltpoint]

7. I wish this wildly gifted woman every good fortune with her health.

Her recordings persuade me that she is her father's equal in talent. At least.

Good vibes to Ms. Cole.