A 2-year-old Georgia boy who was unable to receive his father’s kidney for a transplant -- apparently because the man had violated his probation -- was rushed to an emergency room Sunday morning after suffering an abdominal infection. Anthony Dickerson Jr., who was born without kidneys, made headlines earlier this month when it was reported the toddler couldn’t receive a kidney from his father, Anthony Dickerson, 26, over the probation violation in September. TODDLER'S KIDNEY TRANSPLANT STALLED AFTER DONOR DAD VIOLATES PROBATION, FAMILY CLAIMSEmory Hospital in Atlanta reportedly worked on behalf of Dickerson, who was in jail, to request he be escorted to the hospital for blood work and pre-operative testing. “They’re making this about his dad,” Burgess said. It’s about our son.”A petition created by Burgess requesting that Emory Hospital “allow Anthony to donate his kidney to his son” has more than 52,000 signatures.

Source: Fox News October 29, 2017 23:03 UTC