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Amelia Meklaus has Lupus and is a native of New York.

The Mayo Clinic defines Lupus as a chronic inflammatory disease that occurs when your body’s immune system attacks your own tissues and organs.

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Inflammation caused by lupus can affect many different body systems — including your joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart and lungs.

The sixteen-year-old Meklaus could easily be a N.Y. Rangers or N.Y. Islanders fan. Meklaus is also a Make-a-Wish Foundation participant.

So when she wanted to meet one of her heroes, she passed over Big Apple hockey stars and settled on the best goalie in the world, the Montreal Canadiens’ Carey Price.

So along with three other kids from the Make-A-Wish Foundation (Fais-Un-Voeu Québec), Meklaus got to meet her hero at the Complexe Sportif Bell in Brossard on the South Shore.

Meklaus was diagnosed with the disease in September of 2014. Meklaus had a difficult episode two years ago said her mother.

Meklaus saw a Canadiens game in New York earlier this season with the Habs playing the Islanders, and Meklaus ended up with a impromptu gift from Price during the game.

Sometimes wishes do come true.

Merci Carey.

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