Lessons Learned. . .
Over my life, I’ve had several medical encounters, which I think others might find useful. To give a background, these have taken place in a small town of about 50,000 people in northern Indiana, in the U.S. The first occurred in the early 80’s. We noticed that my son, about 4-5 years old, was limping, favoring one leg when he walked and ran. We took him to his pediatrician, who suspected, and it was confirmed by x-rays, that he had a condition called Legg Perthes. It happens typically in young boys 4-10 years old where the ball of the femur loses blood supply, and dies. We went from his pediatrician to a local orthopedic specialist, who confirmed the diagnosis, and prescribed a treatment which consisted of sewing a loop onto the back of his shoe of the effected leg, and putting a chain between that loop, and a belt loop on his pants, thereby keeping his knee bent, and his foot lifted, so no weight could be put upon it, allowing the femur ball to regrow without further damage...
