The Vancouver Sun illustrates how a British Columbia woman who is battling cancer wants Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo to know that he has made the most important save of all: Her life.
Desperate to find motivation to help her cope through draining rounds of thyroid cancer treatment, Leigh Maureen Thornton - 38 and a nurse who lives in Victoria -- turned to her love of hockey.
In the fall of 2011, she watched as Luongo continued to endure the backlash from that summer's Stanley Cup loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. She was shocked by how much vitriol fans hurled at the goaltender over his performance, when really, she said, he is "the embodiment of determination."
She began to imagine that Luongo was playing hockey as if he was trying to save his life — and it helped her to visualize fighting for her own.
"I was reading all the criticism, and there was so much negativity, almost bullying ... yet under all that pressure he was so mentally strong and poised," she said.
It was then she told herself that if Luongo could block out all that negativity from people all over the country, then perhaps she could block out the negative thoughts about dying and focus on her goal to survive.
As she waits for a body scan in March to find out whether she is cancer free, Thornton wanted to thank Luongo. So she wrote him a letter and posted it on Facebook, hoping he might see it one day.
In the poignant letter, she says she drew strength from watching him pick himself up every time he was defeated.
In closing, Thornton writes to Luongo: "You may not know this but you made another save ... My Life."
Although she has yet to find out whether the cancer is gone, Thornton said her doctors have told her that her blood work looks good, she feels healthy and has more energy, and doesn't have any of the symptoms of cancer.
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