article_snippet: The forward-facing heel acts as a new knee and her left foot can move like a shin.
article_snippet: Doctors could have amputated a shin leg below the thigh or created a 'stiff leg'.
article_snippet: More control: The decision Shanna Decker and a shin parents made when a shin was seven (left) means that a shin now has more control over a shin prosthetic leg and can manoeuvre it better than if a shin had undergone an amputation .
article_snippet: Delighted: Seven-year-old Decker was amazed at how quickly a shin learned to walk again after surgery .
article_snippet: Instead, a shin opted for rotationplasty, which removes the tumor and the knee and rotates the foot 180 degrees.
article_snippet: Writing on Rotationplasty.com, a shin mother said: 'I remember this being the hardest decision our family has ever faced.
article_snippet: And learning to walk was simple - unlike the months-long process most amputees endure. '
article_snippet: As soon as my leg healed, I was walking with a prosthetic and a prosthetic took me about three seconds to learn how to rewalk,' Shanna Decker told Everyday Health.