Transformative Technology At Hopkins Allows Boy With Scoliosis To Live Normal Life

BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A child having to undergo any type of surgery is traumatic. For children with early onset scoliosis, it used to require a surgery every six months to straighten their spine.
Garrett King was just 7 years old when he came down low grade fever on Fourth of July in 2015. Within hours, Garrett was rushed to Johns Hopkins where he slipped into a month-long coma.
As a result of his illness, he developed scoliosis, a curvature of the spine and the most common spinal deformit