Boy, two, denied kidney transplant because father violated probation

A US couple are outraged that a hospital won't let their two-year-old son receive a kidney transplant from his father because he was arrested last month.

Anthony Dickerson, two-year-old A.J's father, has repeatedly been in trouble with the law and was arrested last month for violating his probation, American broadcaster WXIA-TV reported.

He happens to be a perfect match for a kidney donation for his son, who was born without kidneys and is in urgent need of a transplant.

“That’s all I ever wanted was a son,” Dickerson told the television station.

“And I finally got him, and he’s in this situation.”

The transplant surgery was planned for October 3 at an Atlanta hospital but was delayed when they sent the boy's mother, Carmellia Burgess, a letter.

It stated that Dickerson has to show that he has complied with the conditions of his parole for three months.

“We will re-evaluate Mr Dickerson in January 2018 after receipt of this completed documentation,” the letter said.

Ms Burgess said her son may not survive the three months he is being made to wait, as his body is failing and he now needs bladder surgery in addition to the transplant.

“They’re making this about Dad,” Ms Burgess told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

“It’s not about Dad. It’s about our son.”

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A GoFundMe page has raised over $5000 so far for the family.

"He [A.J] has been fighting for his life since the day he came into this world. Due to this I have been unable to keep a stable job because of numerous doctor's appointments and the smallest thing causing him to end up back and forth to the hospital," the page reads.

"I am just trying to get some financial stability because I still have to provide for all of my kids as well as myself."

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“He’s only two,” she told WXIA.

“He don’t deserve this. We’ve been waiting so long for this.”

A spokesperson for Emory University Hospital, where the surgery was set to take place, said “transplant decisions regarding donors are made based on many medical, social, and psychological factors".

“Guidelines for organ transplantation are designed to maximise the chance of success for organ recipients and minimise risk for living donors,”