How a ‘rotationplasty’ helped a CHEO patient get back to sports he loves [Video]

Parker McDonald loves being on the go. You can find him on the hill snowboarding, on the pitch kicking around a soccer ball, or on the ice or as a member of the South Stormont Selects hockey team.

“We’re pretty active family and a lot of sports and dance and a lot of fun stuff,” said mom Stephanie.

But that all changed in August 2022, when Parker woke up one morning with a bump under his knee.

“Wasn’t complaining of pain or anything, so I took him to emerg thinking he had, like, a bug bite, and they quickly realized it was something different,” Stephanie said.

Tests at CHEO confirmed the Long Sault, Ont. resident had an aggressive form of cancer that grows in the bones.

“Hearing the words, ‘your son has cancer’ — hearing that, I mean, just shatters you,” she said.

“Our lives changed instantly,” added dad, Matt. …