could be a lot of fun. you talked about those experiences including also when you were in canada. you visited the old residence of a poet, robert service, who was very familiar to john mccain. yeah, that s right. of course, we took plenty of trips to war zones in iraq, afghanistan, a all kinds of other stands in other places as well. there was a trip, i believe, in 2006 when we went up to the yukon territory of canada. we landed on white house where nobody on our deligation had ever been before. the mayor of the town there said offhand that the canadian poet, robert service, had grown up nearby. of course, nobody in the delegation heard of robert service. mccain s eyes lit up. he got excited about this. we couldn t figure out why. he explained when he was in prison in hanoi, he spent two years in solitary confinement with time on his hands.
very important story. in in week s human factor dr. silka neederhouse is a transplant surgeon who has a special bond with her patients. dr. sanjay gupta introduces her. reporter: as a transplant surgeon, silka has transplanted more than 100 kidneys. i kind of was interested in being a doctor at age 4. reporter: by the time she was 8, neederhouse, who grew up in germany, was in the fight for her life. i started having blood in my urine and we couldn t figure out why. it came on acutely. reporter: it was diagnosed with a common kidney disease that caused severe inflammation. by the time i was 11 in march, i had to start on
feet above the ground. they were coaxed out this week. i wonder how they re doing. he s a transplant surgeon with a very special bond with her patients. at least a transplant patient herself. dr. sanjay gupta introduces us to today s human factor. as a transplant surgeon, she s transplanted more than a hundred kidneys. it s what she s wanted to do for as long as she can remember. kind of was interested in being a doctor at age four. by the time she was eight, she grew up in germany, was in the fight for her life. i started having blood in my urine. we couldn t figure out why. it came on suddenly. she was diagnosed with a common kidney disease that caused severe inflammation. by the time i was 11, in march, i had to start on
a transplant surgeon has a very special bond with her patients. chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta introduces us to this week s human factor. reporter: as a transplant surgeon, sooken neederhouse has transplanted more than 100 kidneys. it s what she s wanted to do for as long as she can remember. i was interested in being a doctor at age 4. reporter: by the time she was 8, neederhawes was in the fight for her life. i started having blood in my urine. we couldn t figure out why. it came on so acutely all of a sudden. reporter: she was diagnosed with a relatively common kidney disease that caused severe inflammation. by the time i was 11, in march i had to start on dialysis. reporter: nine months later,
one is great from recipient to resident. dr. silka beat the odds of getting a transplant as a kid and became and transplant surgeon herself. dr. sanjay gupta has the story. she s transplanted more than a hundred kidneys. it s what she s wanted to do for as long as she can remember. i was interested in being a doctor at age four. by the time she was eight, she was in the fight for her life. i started having blood in my urine and we couldn t couldn t figure out why. it came on so acutely. she was diagnosed with a relatively common kidney disease that caused severe inflammation. by the time i was 11 i had to start on dialysis. she received a new kidney and it worked immediately at first. a week later i had my first