Teemu Selanne Continues to be Awesome

[Fuhgeddaboudit]

Read here:
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-elliott-20130419,0,6612186,full.column
 

Bobby Heravi did not want his son, Faryan, to hear the doctor's verdict and so made sure the boy's head was turned away when he asked about his son's chances of surviving an aggressive form of lymphoma.

"With my mouth expression I said, 'What percent?' And the doctor just did this," Heravi said, splaying three fingers. "Because he was diagnosed as Stage 4. Stage 4 means terminal."

 

"We were both out of hope, out of energy, and dried out," Bobby Heravi said. "And when Teemu and the other people came in the room it was like a fresh breeze, fresh air. It was like a prophet entered the room, an angel. He was not a hockey player. He was not a celebrity. He was not anything but a dad. A dad came in and he treated him like a son."

Selanne, father of four children ages 51/2 to 17, told Faryan he would be fine. If Selanne wasn't entirely sure — he knew about the boy's slim survival chances — he didn't let Faryan see that.
Selanne told Faryan, then 10 years old, that if he beat the disease he would be Selanne's guest at a game at the Honda Center. The family would get royal treatment — a tour of the locker room, anything he wanted. Faryan was as excited as he had been in a while.

Selanne desperately wanted to keep his end of the bargain.

"When I left there," he said, "I was hoping this kid would make it. This kid was something special."

On Wednesday, Selanne happily kept his promise.

Faryan, his older brother, Rayan, and their parents, Bobby and Sima, were Selanne's guests at the Ducks' game against Columbus. Bobby Heravi said Faryan was declared clear ofcancer a few months ago and that the Ducks, without prompting, called the family to arrange the visit.

 
 
Selanne is an awesome player and guy. Wish he could never retire. 

 

[snipezo]

Dude's ageless.