On Tuesday morning, a kidney transplant surgery took place at Maine Medical Center of a woman who advertised about her need of a kidney on the back window of her car.

Maine Medical Center spokesman Matt Paul stated that Joshua Dall-Leighton of Windham has donated his kidney to Christine Royles of South Portland. The surgery went well and both, the donor and receiver are making speedy recovery.

“Having overcome challenges in this unprecedented process, we are delighted that it resulted in a young woman receiving a lifesaving organ transplant, and enhanced awareness of the need for living donors”, said Paul.

Ashley Dall-Leighton, wife of Josh Dall-Leighton, said that her husband was quite calm throughout the procedure. He was only concerned about Christine and tried to keep her calm as well. Josh, 30, a corrections officer at the Southern Maine Re-entry Center in Alfred, saw the sign on the Royles’ car last fall and immediately contacted her.

Royles suffered kidney failure due to autoimmune disease. She was placed on a waiting list of over 100,000 in need of kidney transplants in 2014. She then decided to make efforts and find donor on her own.

The surgery was delayed due to crowd-sourcing funding that raised nearly $50,000. The aim was to raise $6,000 to cover expenses for the six weeks expected to recover from the surgery. After the story got published in the Press Herald, it was picked by other media outlets as well and the donations crossed the original goal. Last week, the hospital said that the surgery will be carried out.