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Billy Gillispie says “things are going fantastic” following kidney transplant. “(God) delivered my angel in my biggest time of need in my life.”

Yesterday afternoon, former Kentucky basketball head coach Billy Gillispie received a new kidney from stranger Ericka Downey.

Today, Gillispie is reportedly up and moving, even going on an afternoon walk with the gracious donor.

Coach Gillispie and I out for our afternoon walk. So happy to see him doing so well. Giving God the glory. pic.twitter.com/JKD6NfziTi

— Ericka Downey (@D2Diva) April 25, 2018

The former Kentucky coach had been experiencing major health issues over the last year or so, and was hospitalized in January for kidney failure due to chronic high blood pressure.