Child protection workers ordered more X-rays, and doctors found six broken ribs. The parents were accused of child abuse, and Wyatt was put in temporary foster care. Dr. David Justis stood by his diagnosis Wednesday. They sneeze and ribs break. They hit their legs on doors as they go through them and break their ankles.
Authorities remain skeptical.
County Attorney James Backstrom, in a memo, said several doctors dispute the diagnosis and attribute the boy's injuries to roughhousing by his father. As for the injuries that happened in the hospital, Backstrom said the parents had unsupervised access to Wyatt. The genetic disease affects an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 Americans. She said there are no figures on how widespread mix-ups are, but her organization received inquiries on potential cases from every state last year. Wyatt was returned to his mother in November after three months in foster care.