Despite having her right arm amputated due to bone cancer, Greater Kaohsiung National Feng-Shan Senior High School student Ko Fei-pi has not allowed fate to cow her. Not only is she a competent pianist and swimmer, she was also the first to volunteer for the social work department, hoping to “help those in need.”
Fei-pi has studied the piano since she was young, and is quite accomplished, having been given the county council speaker’s award when she graduated from elementary school. However, in the second year of high school she was shocked to find out that she had bone cancer, and following chemotherapy she had to have her right arm amputated to save her life.
Despite being dealt this blow by fate, Fei-pi refused to be cowed. She learned how to play the piano, swim and play basketball with her left arm, and she sailed through the entrance exams for Feng-Shan Senior High School.
Photo: Hung Ting-hung, Liberty Times
照片：自由時報記者洪定宏
(Liberty Times, translated by Paul Cooper)
雖然因骨肉癌而遭截斷右臂，但高雄市鳳山高中學生柯菲比不向命運低頭，不僅兼具鋼琴才藝及游泳能力，還以社會工作系為第一志願，期盼「幫助需要幫助的人」。
柯菲比從小學鋼琴，成績優異，國小畢業榮獲議長獎，卻在國中二年級驚傳罹患骨肉癌，化療後截斷右臂保命。
雖然人生被命運捉弄，柯菲比卻不低頭，她學會以左手彈鋼琴、游泳、打籃球，並順利考取鳳山高中。
（自由時報記者洪定宏）
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