Kidney donation bonds pair for life

By , Daily Memphian Updated: April 04, 2019 4:00 AM CT | Published: April 03, 2019 1:05 PM CT
<strong>When Zainora Polk (left) and Stanita Burton met in San Diego while in the Navy, they didn&rsquo;t like each other very much, but a surprise trip to the hospital for the birth of Polk&rsquo;s child landed Burton both a godchild and a lifelong friend.</strong> (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

When Zainora Polk (left) and Stanita Burton met in San Diego while in the Navy, they didn’t like each other very much, but a surprise trip to the hospital for the birth of Polk’s child landed Burton both a godchild and a lifelong friend. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

Nearly a decade after they first met, Zainora Polk and Stanita Burton now share a stronger bond than ever after Burton gave Polk a kidney.

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Jared Boyd

Jared Boyd

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