At 14-years-old, Abby began to experience knee pain. As a gymnast, Abby and her family chalked it up to an injury but when the pain didn’t go away, Abby got an MRI which revealed a mass in her leg. A biopsy confirmed it was osteosarcoma, a bone cancer that tends to occur in children and young adults. If the osteosarcoma is not advanced, it can be treated by removing the affected limb and undergoing chemotherapy. Abby and doctors at Norton Children’s Cancer Institute wanted to find a treatment path that offered her the most mobility and decided to perform a rotationplasty instead of a full limb amputation. The procedure involves removing the bottom of the femur, the knee and the upper tibia, and then the lower leg is rotated and attached to the femur. The ankle becomes the knee joint and patients wear a prosthetic limb on their reattached foot. Abby had her rotationplasty and is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatment at Norton Children’s. Abby’s family is no stranger to Norton Children’s. Her younger brother received a heart transplant at the hospital, and Abby recovered in one of the same rooms her brother used while in the hospital. The family is comforted knowing the care team at the hospital will treat Abby like family and remain optimistic about Abby’s journey.