Canuck staffer saved from cancer thanks to eagle-eyed hockey fan in Seattle

[chemgear]

Good news story to start off the new year. Another reason to be glad to have fans back in the stands.

https://vancouversun.com/sports/hock...cancer-concern

Vancouver Canucks assistant equipment manager Brian Hamilton didn’t realize he had a cancerous growth on his neck until he visited Seattle in October.

But an eagle-eyed fan sitting behind the Canucks’ bench for the Kraken’s inaugural home game on Oct. 23 at Climate Pledge Arena saw something that concerned her.

Popovici had written a note on her phone that said she was concerned about a mole she’d noticed on his neck. She made the text on the screen large and colourful, obviously hoping he’d notice it. He finally saw it but didn’t think much of it initially.

Popovici’s going into medical school next fall — she’s been accepted by several schools but hasn’t chosen one yet — and had spent some time helping out in an oncology ward, so she was familiar with what cancers like Hamilton’s look like.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1477392194889728000

[WhiteTiger]

Good for her!

I am forced to admit, though, that my first thought reading this story was "How boring was that game, if this lady was looking that closely at not-game?"

[Ironhorse]

Couldn’t resist.

[FlamesAddiction]

What a wonderful person. I just watched the meeting between Nadia Popovici and Red, and she said she felt bad after pointing it out to him thinking that because of his reaction, he already knew and it was something he didn't want to think about at that moment.

I am so happy for him and for her. She obviously seems to have picked the path meant for her in life and already made a huge difference to one family without even starting medical school yet.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1477482526973349892

[KootenayFlamesFan]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1477677504378793984

[flamesfever]

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