Little Boy Has Knee Replaced With Foot

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A little boy who survived cancer but lost his leg will be able to one day walk again thanks to surgeons who replaced his knee with his FOOT.

Austin Degnan, 7, was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, when he was six years old in 2018 after feeling severe pain in his left leg that persisted for a couple of days.

After his diagnosis, his parents Jon Degnan, 37, and wife Kerry, 36, from Illinois, USA, were told the only way to save Austin was to amputate his leg.

But because the leg had to be amputated above his knee, Austin wouldn't have been able to run around and play with his pals - because prosthetic legs are unable to replicate a knee joint.

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