Regular Customer Gives Waitress His Kidney

CLEVELAND -- The tip waitress Barbara Rector received is better than cash -- it's a new kidney.

Rector is recovering from transplant surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. Her kidney was donated by Don Bedwell, a regular customer at the Chinese restaurant where Rector works.

When Bedwell offered to donate one of his kidneys, Rector's family didn't think much about it.
But he was serious, and he turned out to be a match.

Bedwell said he doesn't think donating the kidney is any big deal. He said he needed to lose a few pounds, anyway.