D-C Councilmember Marion Barry is successfully recovering from a kidney transplant at Howard University Hospital.

Jessica Forres reports…



Natalie Williams, a spokesperson for Barry, says the former mayor is awake and a little groggy after undergoing a kidney transplant yesterday evening...

HE SAID YOU TELL THE RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT THAT I'M DOING A OKAY.

Williams says the donor, Kim Dickens, who is 47 and a long-time friend of Barry, is also well and resting without complications. Dickens, she says, was out with a group of friends when Mr. Barry shared with them that he needed a new kidney...

THE NEXT DAY SHE CAME TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY AND WAS TESTED AND THE FOLLOWING DAY SHE WAS TOLD SHE WAS A MATCH.

Barry's doctors say his kidney problems are the result of diabetes and hypertension.

Jessica Forres WAMU 885 News.