article_snippet.sent: their son underwent a series of operations – including one to break their son right leg and start lengthening their son femur (thigh bone).
article_snippet.sent: their son was born with no shin bone (tibia) and
article_snippet.sent: no knee in their son right leg, and only a partial shin bone in their son left leg.
article_snippet.sent: For the first year of their son life, every doctor said that his left leg would eventually be amputated.
article_snippet.sent: But their son family discovered a German surgeon called Professor Weber who had been working on their son's rare problem, and their son agreed to come to England to perform a pioneering 10 hour operation on their son's legs.
article_snippet.sent: Throughout their son childhood years, their son underwent over 60 hours of surgery as doctors tried to rebuild their son legs over and over again as their son has grew.
article_snippet.sent: But in February last year, when their son was 10, NHS doctors told their son parents there was nothing more NHS doctors could do for their son, and recommended their son have his left leg amputated, or fused straight.
article_snippet.sent: their son claims to be the most experienced limb lengthening and deformity correction surgeon in the United States as well as internationally.
article_snippet.sent: their son was born with bones missing from their son legs, due to the rare condition bilateral tibial hemimelia.
article_snippet.sent: At 10-years-old doctors said nothing more could be done for their son and their son would need to have his left leg amputated .
article_snippet.sent: Throughout their son childhood years, their son underwent more than 60 hours of surgery as doctors tried to rebuild their son legs over and over again as their son has grew .
article_snippet.sent: Each day for several weeks, his parents had to turn struts placed in their son's leg to allow the bone to grow.
article_snippet.sent: But while the Railtons are celebrating their son's success, the ordeal is not over as their son will need further surgery to lengthen their son right leg in three years time.
article_snippet.sent: The rod inserted in their son leg may also be removed and their son will require a knee implant.