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• Boy Grows a Second Skeleton

  What sounds like a pretty cool X-Men ability is unfortunately a debilitating disease for 4-year-old Shane Terry. The boy was born with the genetic condition fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, or FOP. FOP causes ones muscles and connective tissue to ossify if damaged. In other words, they turn to bone.   This means outdoor play, running or any other physical activity common to young boys and girls are ripe with terrible consequences for Shane... Read More... Posted Oct 16 2008, 08:00 AM by Cole Gamble with | with no comments Filed under: child, play, disease, Hurt, running, disability, bones, unbreakable, marfan's syndrome, xmen