Proton kurapwa muastrocytma yakaedzwa muna 2012 kekutanga.
Muna 2012, Annabelle akaonekwa aine fibroblastic astrocytoma, bundu remuuropi. Kuvhiya kwakabvisa bundu rakawanda asi zvinosuruvarisa kuti bundu racho rakatangazve muna 2014.
Akagamuchira proton beam therapy muna 2015 muAnnabelle Higgins, Oklahoma.
Kuvhiyiwa kwakaitwa zvakare muna 2015. Zvisineyi, mamwe mapundu akanga akura kusvika kuuropi, saka Annabelle akakurudzirwa kuenda kuUniversity of California Los Angeles (UCLH) chikwata cheradiation therapy. proton kurapwa. Sarudzo yeproton beam therapy inokurukurwa, uye inoonekwa seyakanyanya kurapwa nekuti proton beam therapy inogona kuderedza mhedzisiro yenguva refu yakakonzerwa neradiotherapy.
Mushure memwedzi mishoma, gadziriro dzegadziriro dzeAnnabelle's Oklahoma Proton Therapy dzakapedzwa sechikamu chechirongwa cheNational Health Service's (NHS) mhiri kwemakungwa. Mukupera kwaJune 2015, Annabelle nevabereki vake vakabhururuka kuenda kuOklahoma ndokutanga kurapwa kweproton mushure mekuzorora kwenguva pfupi. Panguva yaairapwa Annabelle, mhuri yake yainzwa yakateerera zvikuru.
Baba vake, Stephen, vakati: "Annabelle haana kuwana chero mhedzisiro yakakonzerwa neproton therapy. Akanga angodonha rimwe bvudzi uye airatidza kuneta kupfuura nguva dzose.”
Munguva yekurapa, masangano emunharaunda akaronga zviitiko zvakakosha zveAnnabelle nemhuri yake. Zviitiko izvi zvinoshandisa zvizere matarenda aAnnabelle ekutsveta, mimhanzi nekutamba. Stephen akatsanangura, kuti: “Takaenda kunzvimbo inoitirwa ice rink yomunzvimbomo uye murairidzi akamuraira kuti aite skate, uye ipapo vakawana kuti zuva rokuberekwa kwaAnnabelle rakanga richiswedera pedyo ndokumuitira mabiko ebhavhadhe rake pachine nguva mberi.”
Mushure meizvi, mhuri yeAnnabelle yakapinda mumakwikwi egore negore eskating akaitwa paaizi rink; Annabelle akaonekwa pabutiro rechirongwa ichi, akaimba American National Anthem, uye kuita kwese kwakarekodhwa uye kurekodhwa! Mhuri yaAnnabelle nemurairidzi wake vakashanyirawo mayunivhesiti emuno uye vakashanyira vanopa rubatsiro rwegomarara. Stephen akati, "Apo Annabelle anofara zvikuru, ichi chiitiko chakanakisa."
Kunyangwe mhuri yakave nenguva yakanaka, Stephen akataura kuti zvakaita kuti vanhu "vanetseke uye vazvidye moyo" kuuya pano, uye akafunga kuti zvingava nyore kana London ikava nerudzi urwu rweproton beam kurapwa. “Vamwe vanhu muOklahoma, tiri kure neshamwari nemhuri. Kana iyo proton beam therapy inogona kumhara muLondon, hatifanirwe kubhururuka kusvika parizvino, hapana jet lag uye mhuri neshamwari dziripo. "
Annabelle akapora chaizvo mushure mekurapwa. Akadzokera kuchikoro, akadzokera kuchando rink, uye akapinda mukuratidzira paKisimusi. Annabelle inhengo yechikoro chepaddleless basketball timu, uye anonakidzwa nehupenyu hunogutsa mazuva ese.
