My name is Linda Lehman-Riley and I was a life long patient of Dr. Spitz. Literally. He did my first operation (closing my back) wqhen I was two days old. I also have a shunt. I am 45 years old now. I visited Dr. Spitz twice a year, sometimes more and he was more like a second father to me. Especially after my own father died in 1988. I blubbered like a baby on my last visit to him just a week before he retired. I learned of his death from this website when I googled his name one day to see if his picture had been updated from the time before. I was heartbri=oken and still am.

Would anyone be able to share Pam's adress or phone number with me. I wanted to send her a condolence card when I first found out but was unable to get an adress or phone number. Now I would just like to talk. It would be nice to talk to fellow patients of his as well.

I will never forget him. I loved him so. He saved my life so many times. How could I not.

Linda