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脚踝当膝关节 截肢少女双足舞出芭蕾梦

2017年07月30日 13:07 PDF版 分享转发

 

 

 

以脚踝为膝盖,从癌症中康复的美国再次穿上鞋,用双脚跳舞。(curesearch.org,The Truth 365/大纪元合成)

16岁的美国女孩嘉比?莎尔(Gabi Shull)比很多人都更感恩和热爱生活,观看她跳舞、溜冰、参加啦啦队的相片或影片,你立即会感受到这一点;之后你会留意到,她的右腿只有一半,下面装的是

嘉比的妈妈黛比(Debbie Shull)告诉Fox 29,2011年,九岁的女儿在一次滑冰时跌倒伤了膝盖,两个月过去,伤口还是肿胀疼痛,核磁成像检查显示她得了恶性骨肿瘤——骨癌。在接受几轮化疗之后,为了避免癌细胞侵蚀身体组织和骨骼,医生推荐她做一种特别的手术,叫做「旋转矫形术」(rotationplasty)。图为刚做完手术的小嘉比。

Tomorrow
is the first day of September, which is childhood cancer awareness month. 5 years ago I fought cancer and survived, but many kids do not. Even though I lost my leg and have many side
effects to this day, I did not lose my life, and would consider myself very lucky. Sometimes kids will run out of treatment options, or even die because of the chemo itself since it is so
toxic. This is because of the lack of funding and awareness for childhood cancer. The national cancer institute has billions of dollars for cancer research, but less than 4% of that money
is set aside for childhood cancer research. 4% is not enough, and this needs to change. Awareness leads to funding. Funding leads to research, and research leads to a cure. So, lets show
support for ALL kids battling cancer!! #gogold ??

A post shared by Gabi Shull (@gabishull) on Aug 31, 2016 at 7:29pm PDT

「他们截去了我长癌瘤的膝盖部分,将我的小腿和脚反转180度,接到了大腿上。」嘉比在影片中一边戴上假肢一边说,「我脚尖朝前时,假肢就会伸直,转动脚踝时,假肢就会弯曲。这种手术并不是每个人都适合,但对我很有效。」

 

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手术有效防止了肿瘤的局部复发,以及截肢后残端过度生长引起的溃疡等问题。非但如此,从癌症中完全康复的嘉比,以脚踝为「」,得以再度穿上心爱的芭蕾舞鞋,拾起芭蕾梦。经过艰难的复健,嘉比适应了假肢,一年后,她能走路了;再过一年,她再一次用双腿开始舞蹈。如今,她可以娴熟地用右脚操纵假肢,「屈膝」、打直,做出足尖站立等经典芭蕾舞姿。

World
cancer day. Be aware ??

A post shared by Gabi Shull (@gabishull) on Feb 4, 2017 at 10:09am PST

(视频截图)

嘉比所在的舞台中心表演艺术学院(Center Stage Academy of the Performing
Arts)院长坎普(Kristen Kemp)受访时说,她和其他老师一度为嘉比调整舞步设计,但从五年前开始就再也不必这样做,「她自己克服了困难。我让她跳的舞步和其他高水平舞者没有区别」。

(视频截图)

Selfie
Sunday?? #throwback

A post shared by Gabi Shull (@gabishull) on Jan 11, 2015 at 10:44am PST

嘉比的表现鼓舞了身边的很多人。坎普说,「许多舞者,包括我自己,看到之后都想,好吧,如果她能做到——她能截肢外科手术然后回来跳舞、跳出所有舞姿,而且从不提出帮她改动作,那么我们面对的任何小事都没什么大不了。」如今,这位16岁的少女每天都非常快乐,不但在舞台上绽放著光彩,还成为非营利组织Dancers vs.
Cancers和儿童抗癌组织The Truth 365的的全美发言人。
(gabishull/instagram)

嘉比希望自己的故事能鼓舞他人:「永远别放弃梦想。」

如西谚所说,上帝关上一道门,必会打开一扇窗。

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