How Nemours cared for teen who speaks 'dead language'

Gerhard Friessen Fehr, a 15 year-old teenager from an Mennonite colony near the Yucat‡an Peninsula in Mexico, plays with a cellphone, on loan, while recovering in his wheel chair from spine surgery at Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children Hospital. Jennifer Corbett, The News Journal

Helena and Gerhard Friessen Fehr, push their 15 year-old son Gerhard is a wheelchair, who is recovering from spine surgery at Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children Hospital. Jennifer Corbett, The News Journal

Gerhard Friessen Fehr, a Mennonite farmer from a colony near the Yucata‡n Peninsula in Mexico, brought their 15 year-old son Gerhard, to Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children Hospital for spine surgery. Jennifer Corbett, The News Journal

(left)Gerhard Friessen Fehr listens to flight information for his families trip back to their Mennonite colony near the Yucat‡n Peninsula in Mexico while his wife Helena listens on with 15 year-old son Gerhard, who is recovering from spine surgery at Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children Hospital. Jennifer Corbett, The News Journal

Gerhard and Helena Friessen Fehr, listen to information on their flight back to their Mennonite colony near Yucat‡n Peninsula in Mexico while interpreter Ilana Refaeli, helps translate English to Spanish for the family that brought their 15 year-old son Gerhard, to Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children Hospital for spine surgery. Jennifer Corbett, The News Journal

Gerhard and Helena Friessen Fehr laugh with their 15 year-old son Gerhard, who is recovering from spine surgery that he had at Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children Hospital. Jennifer Corbett, The News Journal

Gerhard Friessen Fehr, a 15 year-old teenager from an Mennonite colony near the Yucat‡an Peninsula in Mexico stands up from his wheel chair while recovering from spine surgery at Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children Hospital. Jennifer Corbett, The News Journal