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 hospitals of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. “They are always nice, even when I’m here late, because I have to travel three and a half hours from home. As long as he has his treatment, that’s what matters.”
Petco Love support
The treatments can be expensive, running many thousands of dollars, on top of the travel costs and time commitments. That’s where national nonprofit organization Petco Love has stepped in to support Sutton’s commitment and Piggy’s needs…