Olivia Lettich, center, got to meet Flames players, Sean Monahan, left, and Johnny Gaudreau as the team’s special guest. Whenever someone in her family brought up the Calgary Flames, the 11-year-old Lettich would light up with excitement at the mention of her favorite hockey team. pic.twitter.com/OAkS5dlcxg — Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) March 5, 2017When Lettich was 4 months old, she had a bilateral retinoblastoma, a rare pediatric eye cancer, diagnosed. She has worn eSight glasses, which uses high-definition camera technology, for the past 18 months in school, at movie theaters, sporting events and concerts, but does not wear them throughout the day. “We have an ottoman and she’ll sit right on it, within a foot of the TV.”The Lettich family at the Calgary Flames game.

Source: Washington Post March 07, 2017 22:07 UTC