from Ed Willes of the Vancouver Province,
Nine months ago, when his heart was operating at 28 per cent of its capacity, doctors were telling Gino Odjick he might have a year to live.
Today, his heart is operating at 58 per cent of its capacity and the doctors are saying he might have three years left, possibly more.
So those numbers tell a story; a significant story. But what they don’t tell, what they can never tell, is the life that’s in Odjick’s eyes and the strength in his being. He’s still trying to take all this in and sort out what it means — “I don’t know if it’s a gift,” he says. “I still have to get used to this situation” — but he knows one thing.
He can now talk about a future and the things he can do.
He used to take that for granted. He doesn’t anymore.
“I’m just starting to feel better and better,” says the former Canuck. “I want to get used to this.”
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