Isaac Escobedo has a prosthetic leg. But you wouldn't know unless you lifted his right pant leg, revealing the red flame design on the artificial limb. The first-grader walks, jumps, squats and sits ...
When Amelia Eldred, an active 7-year-old in England, needed her leg amputated to treat bone cancer, doctors performed an unusual surgery: They removed the middle part of her leg and then reattached ...
Osteosarcoma is rare, yet it’s the most common form of bone cancer among children. It is an aggressive cancer, and removal of the diseased bone must be done quickly. The most common location for ...
It’s a surgery so unusual that when 10-year-old Haley Stol’s mother first heard about rotationplasty, she simply called it “freaky.” Haley had bone cancer in her right leg and needed an above-the-knee ...
For children with bone cancer below the knee, a revolutionary procedure removes the tumor while also allowing for better mobility as children grow up. Osteosarcoma is a rare cancer of the bones, ...
Bone cancer abruptly intervened in Delaney Unger’s life two years ago, threatening to steal her ability to dance, but an unusual form of surgery and a prosthetic leg have restored her dream to again ...
A little girl who thought she would never walk again is now a ballerina on a mission, thanks to a miracle surgery and a prosthetic leg! Gabi Shull was just 9 years old, and already obsessed with dance ...
ELK GROVE, Calif. (KGO) -- A 10-year-old Elk Grove boy is showing off his prosthetic leg after undergoing rare knee surgery at Stanford's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. The young Warriors fan is ...
When Jillian Williams was diagnosed with bone cancer in her left leg last winter at age 18, her mother started sobbing. Williams, a freshman volleyball player at Texas Lutheran University, knew she ...
For every procedure Hallie Barnard has undergone at MD Anderson, she receives a bead. The yellow ones symbolize each night in the hospital. The ones that glow in the dark represent radiology ...
ATLANTA - In his decade of life, one Athens boy has dealt with more than his share of challenges. Henry Shepherd, a 3rd grader at Malcom Bridge Elementary School, was diagnosed with a rare cancer that ...