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A little aver a rear ago there
was a joyful reanion ia one Ko
diak family and because so many
people contributed time, know
ledge and money to make this
happy ending possible, the fami
ly has given pei mission to the
Alaska Crippled Children’s Asso
ciation to share the story with
you
The little boy in the picture is
Mitchell He is now nine aud a
half years old.
Mitchell wasn’t quite five
when he complained one day
that his hip hurt him. Soon he
began to limp a bit, each day a
little more. He went out to play
with the other children but his
nao'her noticed that he wanted
to sit instead of luaning about
as he used to do. Then one day
he could not even sit because it
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hurt so much to bend his hip. Itj
was less than one month after
the first symtoms appealed that
Mitchell was a very sick boy in
deed He could not get out of
bed and most of the time he had
a h gh fever.
The Doctor had taken X-rays
of the hip which showed the
joiDt to be diseased. The Doctor
advised that the boy be sent to
an orthopedic hospital as soon as
possible. Then began an anxious
period for the family. Mitchell
was so very ill and wasting away
so rapidly that every day of de
lay seemed dangerous. Fortun
ately for Mitchell, the Crippled
Children’s Service of the Depart
ment of Health had been able to
arrange for a hospi'a! bed in Se
attle. The family physician, the
public health nurse, the director
of the Crippled Children’s Ser-'
vices, the social worker and the
orthopedic surgeon in Seattle,
each had a part in making these
arrangements It was war time
and transportation was a big
problem. Finally, one of our
; Kodiak business men arranged
J plane transportation to Seattle
for Mitchell.
' He wa-i admitted to the Child
ren's Orthopedic Hospital and
| the phase of recovery began.
Treatment takes a lor,g time,
j First he was built up with good
food and rest to be ready for
surgical treatment. It took more
| than a year. Then came the op
eration, to strengthen the hip
joint by fusing if. This fusion is
a long process and involves sev
1 eral stages in recovery. Mit
chell’s first big promotion was to
be allowed on a “banana cart’’
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in his cast. He could wtieei uint
self on this flat cart anti get to
set the other children and get
into the occupational therapy,
rooms Ht b"gan to have some
schooling too, in the hospital.
Soon the time came for Mit
chell to leave the hospital and
go into a foster home fo conval
escence so that his hosital bed
;umu ue uscu iu>- another ^
who was still acutely ill. gy ^
1944, two years after he |,
some to Seattle, Mitchell Wad
"a nice home in the comt
wnere there are chickens a
rabbits and a cow” He was t]
in a walking cast but had a t»t
derful time in this . foster h a
(continued on page 9,
Unhappy Ending
Here y ou nee a picture of a lit
tle hoy who did not lare so well
an the boy in the story. This j
childs mother is one of the AGO I
A’s must, anient mernbfrs in Ao- '
chorage, for .-lie woo'd have
other mothers spared the suffer
ing and bereavement 'hat wert
hers