NHL Prospect and Family Praying for Mandi
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The following article featuring Yale forward Mandi Schwartz appeared in the May 8 issue of the Toronto Globe and Mail.
By Allan Maki
The plans had been made, the flights and hotel rooms booked. The entire Schwartz clan, from parents Rick and Carol, to the kids Mandi, Rylan and Jaden, were ready for the trip to Los Angeles and next month’s NHL entry draft, hopefully to see Jaden Schwartz taken in the early rounds, a dream the entire family shared.
Now the father isn’t sure what will happen. His daughter Mandi, a Yale University hockey player known for her unyielding optimism and training habits, is back in a Regina hospital battling leukemia for the second time in less than two years.
Just 22, Schwartz is in an intensive care unit with pneumonia. At times she needs a breathing tube and is under sedation. On other occasions she wears an oxygen mask and scribbles notes to her parents who take turns stationed at her side.
Complete article can be accessed via the Globe and Mail Web site by clicking here.
