Ukwelashwa kwe-Proton ku-astrocytma kwazanywa okokuqala ngqa ngo-2012.
Ngo-2012, u-Annabelle watholakala ene-fibroblastic astrocytoma, isimila ebuchosheni. Ukuhlinzwa kususe iningi lesimila kodwa ngeshwa isimila saphinde sabuya ngo-2014.
Uthole ukwelashwa kwe-proton beam ngo-2015 e-Annabelle Higgins, e-Oklahoma.
Ukuhlinzwa kwenziwa futhi ngo-2015. Kodwa-ke, ezinye izimila zase zikhule zafinyelela esiqwini sobuchopho, ngakho u-Annabelle waphakanyiswa ukuthi aye e-University of California Los Angeles (UCLH) ethimbeni le-radiation therapy i-proton ukwelashwa. Ukukhethwa kokwelashwa kwe-proton beam kuyaxoxwa ngakho, futhi kuthathwa njengokwelashwa okungcono kakhulu ngoba ukwelashwa kwe-proton beam kunganciphisa imiphumela emibi yesikhathi eside ebangelwa i-radiotherapy.
Ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa, amalungiselelo okulungiselela e-Annabelle's Oklahoma Proton Therapy aqedwa njengengxenye yohlelo lweNational Health Service's (NHS) phesheya kwezilwandle. Ekupheleni kukaJuni 2015, u-Annabelle nabazali bakhe bandizela e-Oklahoma futhi baqala ukwelashwa kwe-proton ngemuva kwekhefu elifushane. Ngesikhathi sokwelashwa kuka-Annabelle, umndeni wakhe wazizwa ulalele kakhulu.
Uyise, uStephen, uthe: “U-Annabelle akazange abe nemiphumela emibi edalwe ukwelashwa kwe-proton. Uvele waqothuka ezinye izinwele wabukeka ekhathele kakhulu kunokwejwayelekile.”
Phakathi nokwelashwa, izinhlangano zendawo zahlela imicimbi ekhethekile ka-Annabelle nomndeni wakhe. Le micimbi isebenzisa ngokugcwele ikhono lika-Annabelle lokushushuluza, umculo nokudansa. UStephen wachaza: “Saya endaweni ye-ice rink yendawo futhi umqeqeshi wamyala ukuba ashibilike, base bethola ukuthi usuku lokuzalwa luka-Annabelle lwalusondela base bemenzela iphathi yosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa kusenesikhathi.”
Ngemva kwalokho, umndeni wakwa-Annabelle wabamba iqhaza emqhudelwaneni waminyaka yonke wokushushuluza owawubanjelwe kule ndawo yeqhwa; U-Annabelle uvele kukhava yalolu hlu, wacula iculo lesizwe laseMelika, futhi konke ukusebenza kwaqoshwa futhi kwaqoshwa! Umndeni wakwa-Annabelle kanye nomqeqeshi wakhe baphinde bavakashela amanyuvesi endawo futhi bavakashela izinhlangano ezisiza abantu abanomdlavuza. UStephen uthe, “Lapho u-Annabelle ejabule khona kakhulu, lokhu kuyinto enhle kakhulu.”
Yize umndeni ube nesikhathi esimnandi, uStephen uthe kwenza abantu “bakhathazeke futhi bakhathazeke” ngokuza lapha, futhi wacabanga ukuthi kungaba lula uma iLondon ingalolu hlobo lokwelashwa kwe-proton beam. “Abanye abantu e-Oklahoma, sikude nabangane nomndeni. Uma i-proton beam therapy ingahlala eLondon, asikho isidingo sokundiza kuze kube manje, akukho jet lag futhi umndeni nabangane baseduze. "
U-Annabelle walulama kakhulu ngemva kokwelashwa. Wabuyela esikoleni, wabuyela e-ice rink, futhi wahlanganyela embukisweni ngoKhisimusi. U-Annabelle uphinde abe yilungu leqembu lesikole le-basketball le-paddleless, futhi ujabulela impilo eyanelisayo nsuku zonke.
