Kidney recipient, donor doing well after surgery

Paul Lucuk and Kristie Kennedy

Melissa Cook said today her brother-in-law Paul Lucuk of Ansonia, who underwent a kidney transplant May 17, is doing well. Lucuk, 51, was suffering from Stage 5 chronic kidney disease.

Cook said he is on a restricted diet and is recuperating at home. He has already had his first post-op checkup.


Derby resident Kristie Kennedy, 40, Lucuk's kidney donor, longtime friend and "little sister," as he likes to call her, is also doing well after the surgery, Cook said.

Here's hoping they both have a speedy recovery.

Residents doing well after kidney transplant surgery

Paul Lucuk and Kristie Kennedy

Happy to report that I learned from Melissa Cook, a teacher at John G. Prendergast Elementary School in Ansonia, that her brother-in-law Paul Lucuk is doing well after surgery Thursday at Yale-New Haven Hospital. 
Lucuk, 51, of Ansonia suffers from Stage 5 chronic kidney disease, and needed a kidney to survive.
His friend Kristie Kennedy, 40, of Derby, a longtime Ansonia Hilltop neighbor, gave him one of her kidneys.

Cook said both of them were doing well today. Such wonderful news to be able to share!