Most parents would do anything for their kids.
In some serious, life-threatening situations, parents will even go under the knife, donating organs in order to keep their kids alive.
One father desperately wants to help his son, a two-year-old whose condition is worsening. But hospitals aren’t letting him donate, and it has nothing to do with medicine.
A.J Burgess’s father is a perfect match and has offered to donate a kidney. Due to a probation violation, however, the hospital says he needs to wait.
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They supposedly want to ensure he’s on “good behavior” before performing the procedure, but his son is in pain. The logic doesn’t quite line up.
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Hear more from the boy and his mother in the video below.
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This is heartbreaking. This boy’s father has made mistakes, but why should that prevent him from helping his son and doing some good?