COUNTY LIFE
Jeffrey Padgett living the life of a cancer patient
By ERIC VICCARO
Kathy Padgett heard a loud boom at 7 a.m. on Monday, March 20, 2014, and she rushed to see what happened.
Jeffrey Padgett, Kathy’s teenage son and the youngest of five children, was passed out in the bathroom.
“I knew he needed to go to a doctor,” said Kathy Padgett. The family lives in rural Vashti.
Hours later at Wise County Medical Clinic, Jeffrey Padgett underwent an examination, which included drawing blood and taking an X-ray. Jeffrey passed out again en route to his X-ray exam while at the clinic.
“There was white all on his chest,” said Kathy Padgett, who then took her son to Cook Children’s Health Care System in Fort Worth. “It was caked with cancer.”
The Padgetts met with Dr. Karen Allbritton, the medical director at Cook Adolescent and Young Adult Program Hematology and Oncology Center. Kathy covered Jeffrey’s symptoms with Dr. Allbritton.
In turn, Allbritton told Jeffrey Padgett most likely he had Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and additional tests – including a CT scan – confirmed the disease.
Meet this young man and his family as they discuss his battle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma as part of The Bowie News’ series during Cancer Awareness Month.
This weekend find the deals in the City of Bowie Community-wide garage sales April 26-27.
See the map of a garage sale locations in Bowie in the mid-week Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
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The big take-away from Tuesday’s Bowie Business Boost was time: “It only takes six seconds to make an impression in life.”
Lorie Vincent, certified economic developer, professional trainer and writer, was speaker for program number three of Bowie Boost with a focus on “Memorable Marketing in a Post-Pandemic Era.”
She opened about how she had started her business, ‘Acceleration by Design,’ and things were “rocking,” when 2020 came and things changed with the worldwide pandemic. As things began to reopen it appeared there were more opportunities but also more challenges.
Vincent laughed as she showed a Richard Simmons “Sweating to the Oldies,” infomercial that became one of the most popular and still running ads.
“Can you believe back then we would call a 1-800 number and give someone our credit card? That is crazy. They used big music, big voices and big adjectives,” exclaimed Vincent.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
(Top photo) Lorie Vincent, Acceleration by Design, discussed how marketing has flipped upside-down in this post-pandemic era. She spoke at the Bowie Business Boost part 3. (Photo by Barbara Green)
Enjoy an all-you-can-eat breakfast and support the Bowie Senior Citizens Meals on Wheels program on April 27.
Serving will be 7:30 to 10 a.m. in the center at 501 Pelham. For $10 feast on biscuits and gravy, bacon, sausage, pancakes, scrambled eggs and hash browns, plus coffee, tea and orange juice.
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