What A World

Natalie Cole, singer and daughter of Nat King Cole received a successful kidney transplant on May 19, 2009 according to her Natalie Cole website. Natalie is said to be resting comfortably from the kidney transplant performed at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Ms. Cole announced that she had Hepatitis C in 2008 that she restated on “Larry King Live” in April 2009,

Cole said that she was diagnosed with hepatitis C in February 2008 and that she believes she became infected with hepatitis C from illicit drug use years earlier, though she didn’t know it. Cole is now sober.

While on the show, she stated that she was on kidney dialysis and the fans responded by offering to donate a kidney to her .

Before she finished telling King Tuesday night about her battles with drugs, illnesses and her search for a kidney, dozens of e-mails flooded the CNN studio.

They were all offers from people saying they would get tested to see whether their kidney could be donated.

King handed a thick stack of paper to Cole.

“These are all e-mails from dozens — dozens of people offering to be tested to see if they can match, who want to give you a kidney,” King said.

Cole stared at the papers for a moment.

“There are some great human beings out there. That’s all I can say,” Cole said.

You can watch the interview with Larry King below.

Natalie Cole may be able to leave the hospital next week as told to WebMD via email from her spokeswoman

At the time of the writing of this post, I have learned that Carole Cole, Natalie Cole’s sister died today, she was 64. So a bit of bitter and sweet days for Natalie Cole. Condolences to the Cole Family and wishing a speedy recovery to Natalie Cole.