Vibe is under general anaesthesia in Rigshospitalet, the main hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark. A doctor, her twin sister Laerke and her father Michael are looking at her. She is under general anaesthesia because she is getting a brain scanning. That is necessary for children as small as Vibe...In 2007 it was diagnosed that Vibe had a brain tumour. Because of the location of the tumour it was not possible to surgically remove it, so instead Vibe received 30 radiation treatments, four...
more »Vibe is under general anaesthesia in Rigshospitalet, the main hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark. A doctor, her twin sister Laerke and her father Michael are looking at her. She is under general anaesthesia because she is getting a brain scanning. That is necessary for children as small as Vibe...In 2007 it was diagnosed that Vibe had a brain tumour. Because of the location of the tumour it was not possible to surgically remove it, so instead Vibe received 30 radiation treatments, four chemotherapy treatments, three high dosage chemotherapy treatments and a number of experimental chemotherapy treatments. In January 2009 Vibe lost the fight against the tumour. At the time of death she was seven years old...Children get other types of cancer than adults. For example Leukaemia and brain tumours are common with children, while they almost never get lung or breast cancer. Brain tumours are the most common with children. Every year there are around 40 new cases of brain tumours with children in Denmark...Photo by Thomas Lekfeldt /Ekstra Bladet /Moment..IMPORTANT NOTE: Only sales of this story with prior approval of the photographer. mail@thomaslekfeldt.com / +45 5156 1940
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