GABI SHUL
Gabi
Shul, was only nine years old, when they had to amputee her leg from the knee
down,
Because
of a type of cancer called osteosarcoma (it is a cancer that affects the bone).
The
cancer, was found when she had an x-ray after she injured herself when she was
ice skating, she fell and the knee was getting bigger and wasn’t heling so they
took an x-ray and they found out she had cancer. After the amputation, she
didn’t give up, and she still dances now at the age of 19 years.
Because
of a revolutionary surgery called rotationplasty. The surgeons reattached her
foot to the remaining part of the leg, at a 180 degree. So that it could fit
into a prosthetic in a way to allow her to continue to dance. And that’s what
she has done. Now she dances different styles of dance, she dances with pointe
shoes she dances hip hop, tip tap, jazz and contemporary dance, she also dances
competitively. Gabi is also a national spokesperson for a children’s cancer awareness
organisation called the truth 365.
If
you want to see more of Gabi, you can watch this video:
Gabi
Shull | dancing her way back : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSgAiTSBi8Q
Article by Stefania Nicolini
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