Senate President Pro Tempore Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) on Tuesday had a successful kidney transplant surgery at Yale New Haven Hospital, according to his staff.
Looney and his family thanked his volunteer donor, Judge Brian Fischer, as well as the medical team at the Yale New Haven Transplantation Center.
Looney has lived with ankylosing spondylitis since he was a teen. This form of arthritis affects the neck and spine. Kidney problems resulted as a long-term side effect of taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories to treat the condition.
