First is pictures of broken ankle before surgery. Then picture from after surgery. Last shot is of his good ankle taken yesterday.

Well... Stephen's growth plate on both bones in his ankle died. That means that the bones will no longer grow and the growth plate is shutting down and closing the gap. The doctor says it is good news that both growth plates died or she would have to go in and kill the one still growing. Now the ankle will not turn.

How does this affect the growth of his leg? Well according to the doctor, the ankle is not responsible for the majority of the leg growth. The knee produces the most growth. She says that the difference in legs will probably be millimeters. It shouldn't affect his walking at all. Most people have one leg longer or shorter than another. It is when it gets to be 1 inch that it proposes a problem but she will closely monitor this with growth x-rays. The first being in 3 months. If it gets to be larger than 1 inch she will have to go in and kill off the growth plates in the good ankle.

There were two breaks.  The ankle bone on the left at the end of the fibula called the "lateral maleolus",  and the one on the right tibia called the "medial maleolus",  (One on the left side of the ankle, you'll notice a gap in the bone.  The gap is the growth plate.  It broke at the growth plate.)  The other is on the right side of the ankle at the end of the tibia, and is obvious.  You can see the obvious break in the growth plate on the tibia.