ATLANTA — A potentially life-saving kidney transplant has given a Georgia family a lot to be grateful for this Thanksgiving, nearly two months after the operation was controversially delayed.A.J. Burgess, who will be 3 in January, was born without kidneys. His parents got word about 8 p.m. Tuesday that a kidney from a dead donor was available, and the toddler had a successful transplant Wednesday morning, said Mawuli Davis, a lawyer for A.J.'s parents.The boy will have to stay in the hospital for about a week, including the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, but his parents are "excited about giving thanks for his new kidney," Davis said in a phone interview.The transplant comes after a setback last month when Emory University Hospital told the family it was delaying a transplant of a kidney from A.J.'s father, Anthony Dickerson, who was a perfect match.Dickerson has repeatedly been in trouble with the law and was arrested again in September. That didn't initially seem to be an obstacle.
Georgia boy finally gets new kidney
After controversial delay, 2-year-old gets successful transplant