February 2, 2023

Herbert A. Rothschild, MD
1721 Cedar Street, Suite B
Bay Village, OH 44140

Dear Dr. Rothschild:

Re: William Santee

Your young patient came in to see me today.

As you know, his problem is one of a very mild pectus excavatum with some tenderness in the
area. It is my feeling that this child’s pectus problem was brought to his attention when he
strained his pectoral muscles lifting weights about six weeks ago. This was then accentuated
when his older brother gave him a “bear hug.” Following that, he did a little introspection and
found that he actually had a pectus excavatum, but both he and the brother thought this had
occurred during the “bear hug” episode.

In any event, there is not one thing you or I can, or should, do.

Both of the parents and the boy were reassured that he had a mild congenital anomaly that
would not in any way disable him, and there was nothing more to do about it. I think my
explanation was well accepted by the parents and the child.

Thank you very much for sending this nice family to see me.

Sincerely yours,

Patrick D. Quinn, MD
Radiology

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