Why this dad can't donate kidney to his son will break your heart

A dad has been prevented from donating a kidney to save his two-year-old son’s life.

AJ Dickerson was born prematurely without functioning kidneys. The transplant to save his life has been delayed because dad (who is a match) has a criminal record.

Mum, Carmellia Burges, said: “He has been fighting for his life since the day he came into this world.”

Doctors found that his dad Anthony Dickerson is a “100 per cent match” for his son, reports The Mirror.

Mr Dickerson was due to donate a kidney via transplant surgery on October 3rd but AJ’s parents say the hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, postponed it at the last minute.

Staff found out that Mr Dickerson has a criminal record and was recently arrested on suspicion of possessing a weapon.

They said they wanted to find out if he was complying with the terms of his parole before they would go ahead with the surgery, according to reports.

The operation may be rescheduled in January. His parents fear it may be too late by then.

“What do he [AJ] got to do with the mistakes I made? Nothing,” Mr Dickerson said.

Emory Hospital said in a letter to the couple: “The Living Donor Transplant Team at Emory has asked Mr. Dickerson for evidence of compliance from his parole officer for the next three months.

“We will re-evaluate Mr. Dickerson in January 2018 after receipt of his completed documentation.”

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15 Comments

- - june11 said
  - 11 Nov 2017
    7:30 pm
Surely if the Dad is out on Parole the Authorities can make arrangements to check on his whereabouts. If they check that is where he is normally supposed to be they can check the hospital. If he normally has to report to the Police Station surely they can amke arrangements to check at the hospital under the circumstances.
Why should the baby suffer because of his Father’s bad decision?.

- - mom266216 said
  - 01 Nov 2017
    1:03 pm
What is the fault of this little baby. He is struggling for his life. How they can stop his dad from saving his life, just consider it baby is struggling. He needs help from his dad, doctors.

- - ella12 said
  - 01 Nov 2017
    11:58 am
How totally stupid, he should be able to do this for his son.

- - mom104749 said
  - 01 Nov 2017
    11:35 am
Completely unfair and wrong. This poor childs life is the major concern point. They are not putting the child’s best interests at heart.

- - BellaB said
  - 01 Nov 2017
    9:51 am
I don’t understand what this has to do with the terms of his parole.

- - mom112217 said
  - 01 Nov 2017
    8:51 am
The father should be allowed to help his son,hopefully it will happen soon.

- - country chick said
  - 01 Nov 2017
    7:15 am
The child should not be punished for the crimes of the father!

- - Ellen said
  - 01 Nov 2017
    4:08 am
No way !! A past mistake from dad is reason to delay the kidney transplant ?!

- - ashna9 said
  - 31 Oct 2017
    7:32 pm
How ridiculous! Now the child has been punished instead which is such a shame.

- - nadine_hill said
  - 31 Oct 2017
    6:19 pm
Yes, punish the father for his crimes, but not the child! The compliance of his parole terms should not impact the decision to proceed with the life saving operation!

- - mom160421 said
  - 31 Oct 2017
    5:57 pm
I don’t understand. Why is the baby being punished for the Dad’s behaviour?

- - mom90758 said
  - 31 Oct 2017
    5:43 pm
Wait till January? What indeed if it’s too late for the child? I don’t approve the dad’s behaviour but in this case he was going to do something enormously good for his child.

- - mom206279 said
  - 31 Oct 2017
    4:57 pm
I think the death of his child is slightly too severe a punishment for a possession of weapons charge. Just think how much harder it will be for him to break his parole conditions if he’s recovering from having a kidney removed.

- - Toni Rowland said
  - 31 Oct 2017
    4:25 pm
This is such a sad story all round.

- - Kasey said
  - 31 Oct 2017
    4:25 pm
This father can’t blame anyone but himself for getting up to no good but I do hope for the child’s sake he gets his kidney in time.