{"id":2653,"date":"2013-03-20T01:41:58","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T14:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/inthenews\/?p=2653"},"modified":"2015-04-29T13:42:50","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T03:42:50","slug":"ted-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/ted-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted takes a confident step forward"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ted Johnson tries out his new legs. Photo courtesy of the Herald Sun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At three-years-old, Ted Johnson finally knows how it feels to walk with feet thanks to the work of prosthetists at The Royal Children\u2019s Hospital (RCH).<\/p>\n

The courageous Horsham boy was born with a congenital condition known as tibia hemimelia. Prenatal scans did not pick up the rare abnormality and Ted was born without shinbones, knees or ankles.<\/p>\n

One year later, Ted\u2019s parents Abbie Clark and Peter Johnson, made the difficult decision to have their son\u2019s legs amputated, with the hopeful prospect that prosthetic legs would give him the best chance at independence.<\/p>\n

Last week, Ted was fitted with his first set of fibreglass legs with feet and the new blue prosthetics were an immediate joy to him.\u00a0 After a quick pause at the mirror to watch himself bounce on the rubber feet, he set off, walking tall and proud on his new legs.<\/p>\n

Along with first steps, Ted\u2019s leg\u2019s will bring a multitude of other firsts, like his first shoes.<\/p>\n

RCH prosthetist Jim Lavranos praised Ted\u2019s confidence, stating that it usually takes children a lot longer to get used to the prosthetics.<\/p>\n

Next year, Ted will take another step forward when he will have legs with knees fitted.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for more photos and the full story on the Herald Sun website.<\/p>\n

Donate to The Royal Children\u2019s Hospital Good Friday Appeal at goodfridayappeal.com.au<\/a>\u00a0or phone 9292 1166.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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