BY DEBORAH SALOMON: FEATURE WRITER
Happiness, "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz declared, is a warm puppy.
For Jay St. John, happiness -- euphoria, actually -- is a new kidney from an unlikely source.
"I feel great, just great," St. John says as he gestures with open arms, as though welcoming his restored life.
After years of illness and six months of dialysis, St. John, the 60-year-old headmaster at Episcopal Day School in Southern Pines, received a gift of immeasurable value medically, emotionally and spiritually.
The kidney transplanted on May 5 at the UNC Kidney Center in Chapel Hill was volunteered by 27-year-old artist, musician, teacher and cabinetmaker Jonathan Brower, who is neither relative nor old friend -- but a good match. Success was immediate.
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At least it's something to counter the recent survey that showed that churchgoers were more likely than non-churchgoers to approve of torture.
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