The viral meme 'Success Kid' is all grown up and he's saved his Dad's life!

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1/12 In case you're not familiar with the Success Kid meme, this is it.
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2/12 Sammy Griner is now eight and his dad Justin needed a kidney transplant.
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3/12 At first his mother Laney started the crowdfund without mentioning her internet-famous son because she wanted the focus to be on her husband.
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4/12 "But then I thought what a positive boost it could bring to our fundraising efforts for people to know this is for the father of the baby who has made so many people smile" said Laney.
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5/12 The family, from Jacksonville, Florida, have been through a lot, with Justin needing dialysis for his kidneys three days a week and have seen them failing since before their son was born.
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6/12 When several internet users realised that it was the father of the 'Success Kid', the Griners raised more than $100,000 in just days. All the money went to help with care surrounding the operation.
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7/12 In August 2015, Mr Griner successfully underwent a transplant operation. While Sammy is happy his fame went to a good cause, he says he doesn't want to go viral again and is happy with it having happened "just the once."
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8/12 "He’s been this meme for as long as he can remember. But he gets embarrassed by it plenty, too. His dad is his hero, he’d happily do anything to help him get better."
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9/12 Mrs Griner said: "We were asked to do a game show recently where people try to guess what you're famous for but Sam didn't want to do it so we told them no."
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10/12 What a little legend!!
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We all know 'success kid' preeetty well. Sammy Griner went viral in 2007, after Laney Griner uploaded to Flickr a photograph of her son Sammy trying to eat sand.

Now the kid is eight years old and he's managed to save his Dad's life, all thanks to his viral fame.

Check out the sweet story above!

No one does Success Kid like #SuccessKid.

A photo posted by Laney Griner (@laneymg) on Nov 19, 2015 at 6:09pm PST

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