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Georgia toddler denied kidney transplant due to father's criminal record
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:23 pm
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:23 pm
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A Georgia toddler desperately needs a kidney transplant, and his father was deemed the perfect match, but the operation was canceled due to the father's criminal record. Now, the little boy is fighting for his life as his family pleads for help.
A.J. Burgess was born a month early and without a working kidney. Now 2 years old and weighing just 25 pounds, A.J. was set to receive a kidney last month from his father, Anthony Dickerson, who was tested and proved to be a perfect match.
Dickerson was arrested in December 2016 for violating his probation on weapons charges, according to criminal records. He vowed to give A.J. a kidney once he got out, the boy's mother, Carmellia Burgess, told CBS affiliate in Atlanta WGCL-TV.
"He made it his business to say, 'Once I get out, I'm going to promise to my son that he can get a kidney,'" she told WGCL.
Dickerson was released from jail six weeks later and he was scheduled to undergo surgery at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on Oct. 3 to donate his left kidney to his son. But he was arrested on Sept. 28 for violating his parole again for possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of or attempt to commit certain felonies as well as for fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, according to criminal records.
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"It ain't nothing I'm proud of. It's life. Stuff happens. A mistake happens," Dickerson told ABC News in an interview. "I want to give him a kidney. I’d go to the hospital right now and lay down and give him my kidney. But it ain't up to me."
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"Mr. Anthony Dickerson has been approved to donate a kidney to his 2-year-old son who is a patient of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta," the letter states. "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 this completed documentation."
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But A.J.'s mother worries January will be too late for her ailing son. The little boy is battling a peritonitis infection and was taken to the emergency room Sunday, according to a GoFundMe page Burgess set up to raise money for A.J.'s medical bills.
"A.J.'s spirit is strong but his body is not," she writes on the crowdfunding website. "Please help. His father is a match."
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:24 pm to TechDawg2007
So what in the world is the reasoning behind this?
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:25 pm to TechDawg2007
frick that headline. It should read "piece of shite father can't stay out of jail long enough to give his son a kidney"
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:25 pm to TechDawg2007
i have no idea what is going on here
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:25 pm to TechDawg2007
Bureaucracy - Putting mundane rules ahead of the life of a child.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:27 pm to TechDawg2007
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Georgia toddler denied kidney transplant due to father's criminal activities
FIFY
The headline seems to be implying that simply having committed a crime in his lifetime is what caused the issue.
Maybe he shouldn't have committed a crime days before the scheduled operation.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:27 pm to Ingeniero
quote:Thank you
frick that headline. It should read "piece of shite father can't stay out of jail long enough to give his son a kidney"
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:27 pm to Ingeniero
Right, he's a piece of shite and dumbass for violating parole, but what is the reasoning behind not letting a prisoner donate?
It's not the kids fault his dad is a piece of shite.
It's not the kids fault his dad is a piece of shite.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:27 pm to SCLibertarian
I don't see why him being in jail should stop the transplant. It seems like they could take him to the hospital under heavy supervision, and I doubt he'd be much of a flight risk after surgery
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:28 pm to TH03
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So what in the world is the reasoning behind this?
The dad put himself back in jail before the scheduled surgery. The article attempts to paint the child as victim of "the system" when really he's just a victim of his father's idiocy.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:28 pm to TechDawg2007
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But he was arrested on Sept. 28 for violating his parole again for possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of or attempt to commit certain felonies as well as for fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, according to criminal records
What a dumbass. And this bitch should be a little more selective on who she spreads her legs for.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:28 pm to TechDawg2007
Jesus. With altruism in such short supply, who cares if the donor is an ISIS terrorist. Wait. I think I just had a great idea with what to do with ISIS.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:28 pm to SCLibertarian
The sins of the father taken to the extreme.
Good job, GA.
Good job, GA.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:29 pm to ProjectP2294
quote:except that kid is a victim of the system. The father should be allowed to give the child the transplant
The article attempts to paint the child as victim of "the system" when really he's just a victim of his father's idiocy.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:29 pm to TechDawg2007
They should make this transplant happen, but frick that guy for not being able to avoid thugging it long enough to save his son's life.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:30 pm to TechDawg2007
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The little boy is battling a peritonitis infection and was taken to the emergency room Sunday
This is important. He is not likely to get a transplant with an active infection anyway.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:30 pm to TechDawg2007
Well, he could have just stayed out of jail.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:30 pm to ProjectP2294
But even if he was never released, if he's a perfect match, let the kid survive.
Not that the father gives a shite. All he had to do was not violate parole.
But still, the kid doesn't need to be punished for it.
Not that the father gives a shite. All he had to do was not violate parole.
But still, the kid doesn't need to be punished for it.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:31 pm to WestCoastAg
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except that kid is a victim of the system.
Not really. All his dad needed to do was not get caught committing a crime prior to Oct 3rd. It's not the hardest thing to accomplish. I did it. You did it. Everyone in this thread was able to accomplish it with minimal effort. The one person that couldn't was the one who needed to the most. That's not the fault of the system. This "dad" is killing his son with his actions.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 12:31 pm to Tunasntigers92
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Well, he could have just stayed out of jail.
The kid who is going to die had no say or control in his father's idiocy.
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