From Elan’s English teacher…
On another note, this past week the class learned that Elan Arnowitz would be having surgery on Friday, Nov. 7 and will not be returning to school until later in January. Elan has established a web site where he is chronicling his experience and he welcomes comments from the class. I encourage the class to communicate with him in this fashion and to consider visiting Elan in Baltimore as he becomes ready to receive visitors. Bikur Cholim is a middah that our class can readily fulfill this year.
Elan- surgery over
Elan’s hip surgery was this past Friday morning and it was a success!
Dr Shawn Standard of the Rubin Institute’s International Center for Limb Lengthening, performed the operation. The center is part of Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
Elan gets a fixator
As many family & friends know, our 9 yr old has Perthes disease.
On November 7, Elan will have an external fixator surgically mounted onto his hip. The fixator rests on the outside of his body and will be in place for 4 months. This device pulls the hip or femur bone back, allowing new cartilage to take shape. It is this cartilage that will ultimately form a new hip ball and socket for Elan. Once the fixator is removed, Elan will be in a brace for several months.