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A third-grade teacher in Wisconsin is donating a kidney to one of her students.  And there’s a great video of her surprising the student’s grandmother with the news that she’s a match.  (The teacher is Jodi Schmidt, and the student is eight-year-old Natasha Fuller.  Natasha was born with a condition that led eventually to kidney failure.  She’s been waiting for a kidney for a few years, but she keeps getting infections which knock her off the transplant list.  Chris Burleton is Natasha’s grandmother, heard crying in this clip.)

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