Toddler Who Got Kidney Transplant After Delay Is Going Home

In this Nov. 3, 2017, file photo, Carmellia Burgess, left, and Anthony Dickerson wear shirts decorated with a photo of their 2-year-old son A.J., who is waiting for a kidney transplant, during a news conference outside Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.

David Goldman / Associated Press, file

A toddler who received a kidney transplant last week, nearly two months after the operation was controversially delayed, gets to go home.

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Mawuli Davis, a lawyer for A.J. Burgess’ parents, said in an email Friday that the boy was being released from the hospital.