Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Season 2 Episode 9 - The Burns Family
When Benjamin Burns was born in 1997, he was an apparently healthy baby boy. Six months later, Benjamin's sister was playing with her baby brother and, when he started to fall, she reached out to help him. But when she grabbed his arm, she unknowingly fractured it. In the weeks that followed, routine tasks performed by Benjamin's parents resulted in more visits to the hospital and led to the discovery that his arm had been re-injured and he had a fractured skull.Eventually, Child Protective Services was called and Benjamin was separated for three months from his parents, who were accused of child abuse. Nothing could have been further from the truth, and loving parents Gerald and Ellen Burns spent every resource they had trying to get their son back and prove their innocence. When it was finally diagnosed that Benjamin suffers from Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), a genetic disorder characterized by bones that break easily, the Burns were cleared of the abuse charges and allowed to bring
Episodes in Season 2
The Wofford Family
60 min
The Garay Family
60 min
The Pope Family
60 min
The Grinnan Family
60 min
The Mackey Family
60 min
The Ali Family
60 min
The Vardon Family
60 min
The Elcano Family
60 min
The Burns Family
60 min
The Broadbent Family
60 min
The Dore Family
60 min
The Anderson Family
60 min
The Sears Family
60 min
The Correa/Medeiros Families
60 min
The Harper Family
60 min
The Harris Family
60 min
The Okvath Family
60 min
The Leomiti-Higgins Family
60 min
The Leslie Family
60 min
The Harvey Family
60 min
The Dolan Family
60 min
The Johnson Family
60 min
The Vitale Family
60 min
The Piestewa Family
60 min
