Nation ‘Why shouldn’t I adopt?’ NJ surgeon, Virginia teen become family after patient’s social post March 23, 2023Albina Sportelli, USA TODAY NETWORKComments Off on ‘Why shouldn’t I adopt?’ NJ surgeon, Virginia teen become family after patient’s social post This is the story of how Dr. James Wittig, a New Jersey orthopedic surgeon, came to adopt the child of a cancer patient.