Hospital Using Dad's Criminal Past to Jeopardize Son: Family

 An Atlanta mother says a hospital is putting her son's future in jeopardy because of the misdeeds of his father. 

Two-year-old AJ was born a month early and without a working kidney, WGCL reports. According to WXIA, AJ had a stroke last month and may need bladder surgery. He also needs a kidney. Fortunately, his father, Anthony Dickerson, is a perfect match and a willing donor. 

"All I ever wanted was a son," Dickerson says. But Dickerson's criminal history is complicating matters. He was arrested last month for parole violation and weapons possession. Regardless, Emory Hospital had scheduled his and AJ's surgery for Oct. 3 and even requested Dickerson be temporarily released from jail last month for blood work, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

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