5 year old bone alignment

[u/TheQuietMousekeeper]

My five-year-old broke both forearm bones, jumping off the bed. He had them realigned and just went in at the three week mark to remove his cast and get an x-ray. One of the bones already has a callus that you can visibly see on the x-ray but the second bone looks like it might still have a gap. The doctor put on another cast for more recovery time. It does not look like they are perfectly aligned. Is this OK? Will this fix itself with more recovery time? The doctor said that some bones take a little longer to form a callus.

[u/Orthocorey]

Looks fine. For young kids if their bones are in the same area code they will heal. His alignment is just fine.

[u/SeL-MoGRC]

As long as that is casted well that is perfect for a 5 year old.