Rana Tyson and her husband Chad live in the Dallas, TX area.  Rana is a registered nurse and has worked in labor and delivery since 2002. Chad is a firefighter and paramedic and has worked in this field since 2002.  After struggling with infertility, Rana and Chad successfully had their first daughter Reagan in 2007.  With the desire to expand their family, they underwent in vitro fertilization a second time and were blessed with fraternal twin daughters- Karrington and Kambrey- in May 2010.  The twins were born 4 ½ weeks early but overall appeared to be healthy.  The parents were concerned by the fussiness of the twins and their occasional looks of discomfort- symptoms that were discussed with their pediatrician and eventually lead to a diagnosis of acid reflux.  On June 3, 2010, after being up all night with Karrington, both parents noticed that she was not moving one of her legs during a diaper change and were concerned that she had it drawn up close to her body and cried whenever the leg was touched.  Within less than an hour, Chad and Rana took Karrington in to see their regular pediatrician to have her evaluated.  After being seen by the pediatrician, Chad and Rana were directed to take Karrington to a local children’s hospital to get x-rays to rule out a possible fracture.  The x-rays showed a blurry edge on one of the bones around her ankle that was suspicious for a possible fracture.  According to protocol, child protective services was notified.  Chad, Rana and their daughter were transferred to another children’s hospital and all three daughters were eventually brought in to be evaluated per the hospital's request.  After a full skeletal survey (23 X-rays each) and head CT scans were performed on the 4 week old twins, both babies were diagnosed with having multiple fractures in the legs surrounding the knees and ankles.  It was the opinion of the doctor in charge that these fractures were from abuse (AKA- nonaccidental trauma).   All three children were removed from the custody of Chad and Rana and were placed into kinship care with family.  The children’s pediatrician worked with the parents to try to figure out the cause for the fractures and the twins were evaluated by several specialists.  Months later they were diagnosed with vitamin D deficiency rickets and a connective tissue disorder (later specified to be Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome).  This family was separated for 5 months until a judge ordered the children to be returned home to their parents on November 8, 2010.  After two more years and two appeals with the State of Texas, all allegations of abuse were dropped and Chad and Rana were cleared of all charges.  To this day, all three children are doing well and are thriving in all areas of their lives.  The scars from the false accusations and forced separation of this family will always be there as a haunting memory, but the Lord has brought about good from their nightmare experience.  Helping other families that have gone through/are going through similar situations and helping raise awareness about Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and vitamin D deficiency has become a passion for Rana and has brought about a lot of healing.  Getting connected with other people that share the same vision is what the Fractured Families organization is all about.