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.
Nocona is preparing for the 74th annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo May 8 and 9 at the Chisholm Trail Arena.
The rodeo will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nightly with the Ryan Ready Band playing for the rodeo dance afterward on Saturday night. Tickets in advance are $12 and $15 at the gate.
All the traditional rodeo events are planned along with non-sanctioned events of junior barrels for 16 and under. There is $250 added each night, a jackpot nightly and contestants have a $50 entry fee. Entries open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 4-5.
The new Chisholm Trail Rodeo Queen and Princess will be crowned during Saturday night’s performance. Read about these young ladies in your Thursday Bowie New.
Clara Anderson
TxDOT is hosting a virtual meeting to review projects included in the 2027-2030 Rural TIP.
The program is at 4 p.m. on May 6 and 11:59 p.m. on May 19, all online at https://bit.ly/4uhDwMG
The Rural TIP is a list of local projects to be funded during the next four years in the Wichita Falls District of the Texas Department of Transportation.
The counties included are Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young. Transportation projects cannot receive federal funding unless they are included in the Rural TIP. This includes projects for private vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, public transport, and commercial vehicles.
A section of Roach Street has been closed for the last few weeks as a new sewer line was installed replacing old clay tile line. It is phase two of multi-phase sewer line project across the city funded through a Texas Water Development Board loan of more than $9.7 million. The project will replace nearly10 miles of aging lines. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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