BLACKSBURG, Va., March 31 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
Cynthia Sutton drives 3 ½ hours every three weeks from Big Stone Gap to Roanoke to see that Piggy, her 6-year-old tabby cat, gets the best cancer care available at the Animal Cancer Care and Research Center.
And her commitment has been rewarded: Piggy is in clinical remission from lymphoblastic lymphoma nearing the end of a treatment regimen that has included both chemotherapy and an exploratory radiation approach.
"They are wonderful here," Sutton said of the cancer center, one of three teaching hospitalsofthe Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. "They are always nice, even whenI'mhere late, because Ihave...