If there were no kidneys, there may have also been no plumbing to hook the circulatory system up to so the kidney could purify the blood.
And surgery on a newborn probably could not have been done soon enough to help anyways.
I’m guessing that neonatal kidney transplant doctors are not a dime a dozen.
I’m sure you’re right.
I never did ask for details. It was awful enough for them as it was. :(