Billy had his fixator placed on 12/27/11 and everything went well. Our post op period has had it's ups and downs (see the Life with a Fixator page for all the info), but right now we are headed in the right direction. So far, we've gotten about 1cm of growth in the leg, so we are going at a good rate. Originally the surgeon wanted to go at half speed with the pin turnings, but later decided to go at a 75% rate and things seem to be going well with that. We do have about 5-6cm total length we are aiming for, so still quite a ways to go...