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‘A true Christmas miracle’

Instagram post leads to live kidney donation for TC student

Jaxon Shaneyfelt of Turlock and Sarah Best of Sacramento are forever “kidney buddies” following Shaneyfelt’s successful transplant surgery last week, which was made possible by Best's donated kidney. They met for the very first time on Thursday (Photo contributed).

Jaxon Shaneyfelt update 1 — Jaxon Shaneyfelt of Turlock and Sarah Best of Sacramento are forever “kidney buddies” following Shaneyfelt’s successful transplant surgery last week, which was made possible by Best's donated kidney. They met for the very first time on Thursday (Photo contributed).

A nearly eight-hour surgery at the Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Center on Dec. 20 was a success for both 14-year-old Turlock Christian student Jaxon Shaneyfelt and his kidney donor, 40-year-old Sarah Best of Sacramento.

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