Gabby Shull never let her obstacles stand in her way. She conquered the odds and became a competitive dancer. Bow she is telling the world to love up their potential. But what's behind her is tragic.
This 14-Year-Old Girl Looks Normal But What's Behind Her Chair Will Leave You Speechless
By
Editorial Staff in
Feel Good
On 2nd August 2016
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#1 Gaby Shull
When cancer fighter Gabi Shull had her leg amputated she feared that she would never dance again. She never let this accident become a barrier in her dreams. Gabby, this young girl encourages others to live their dreams and to never give up.
#2 Diagnosis
Ballerina Gabi Shull had been dancing for three years when, aged just nine, she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in her knee. She first noticed the unusual swelling on her knee cap when she fell on the ice in a skating accident. When it wouldn't subside, her mother took her to a doctor to gave them the distressing news.
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#3 Dancing
Gaby was studying ballet and dancing was her passion. She and her mother Debbie feared the worst, that Gaby's dreams and hopes for her future were shattered, and that she would never dance again, or perhaps even walk again.
#4 Amputation
She had her leg amputated from a little above the knee. The family did the best they could to get through the issue. leaving her parents fearing the worst. Doctors removed the cancer then took her femur and lower leg. They used the knee cap and rotated it 180 degrees, and reattached it to her thigh. She was fitted with a prosthetic lower leg that she slides onto her upper leg. Her ankle now acts as a knee joint.
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#5 The Operation
The recovery process was very difficult. It took Gabi an entire year to learn to walk on her new leg and another year and many physical therapy session to begin walking without assistance. The operation is called a 'rotationplasty'.
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#6 Back To Dancing
Now Gabi, from Missouri, can bend and flex her prosthesis by moving her foot and is now practicing her dance moves and taking ballet lessons, almost three years after losing her leg to cancer.
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#7 A Beautiful Ballerina
And when you see her performance, she looks and dances just like any other ballerina! Her dance mates and friends say the young girl is inspirational and urges them to strive to become better in what they do. Gabi says that if she had it to do all over again she wouldn't change anything because she has learned to be stronger by beating cancer and helping others.
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#8 Volunteering
Babi also takes the time between dance lessons and rehearsals to vom=lunteer for local children's cancer charities. She hopes so continue to help people with cancer in the future. As the national spokesperson for Children's Cancer Society, she is now encouraging others to ‘live their dreams' and ‘never give up'.
