WASHINGTON -- Embattled former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is scheduled to undergo a kidney transplant Friday afternoon at Howard University Hospital, according to a hospital official.
Barry was already in the hospital Thursday afternoon preparing for his surgery.
The donor is a longtime Barry friend who volunteered the kidney. A source told NBC4's Tom Sherwood that after tests, the woman's kidney "is almost a perfect match."
The D.C. councilman has been undergoing four-hour dialysis sessions three times a week, WUSA reported.
The surgery is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday and is expected to last for six hours.
The "Mayor For Life" has been in tax trouble for years. He finally filed his 2007 tax return Tuesday and was supposed to file his 2008 taxes next week, according to a representative for the former mayor.
Last week, federal prosecutors asked a judge to send Barry to jail for not filing his tax return. He was on probation for failing to file on time in the past and had failed to file on time in eight of the past nine years.
Barry said his medical condition distracted him from filing on time.
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There's no word on a court appearance for Barry to answer charges that he violated his parole on a previous tax conviction by not filing on time.
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