VETERAN'S VOICE: Community lifts spirits of veteran battling cancer

An area veteran, facing a difficult road ahead, realizes he's not alone as he fights cancer.

This week's Veteran's Voice shows how strong support from family, and the community, is helping him win the battle.

DIFFICULT ROAD AHEAD---REALIZES HE'S NOT ALONE AS HEFIGHTS CANCER.IN THIS WEEK'S VETERAN'S VOICE- I SHOW YOU - HOW THE STRONGSUPPORT FROM FAMILY - AND THECOMMUNITY - IS HELPING HIM WINTHE BATTLE.(PKG) 17:55:01 SHEDOESN'T LET ME GIVE UP - IF YOUSPEND A FEW HOURS WITH WILLIESUAREZ AND HIS WIFE ANN (CONT)SHE'S BEEN MY NURSE, MY WIFE,MY FRIEND - AND SHE EVENLEARNED HOW TO COOK IN THE LASTTWO MONTHS (LAUGHS) YOU CANFEEL HOW STRONG THEIR LOVE IS -4:46:21 AND I'M A GOOD FATHER -AND HE'S AN AWESOME FATHER ANDHUSBAND.(LAUGHS) SUAREZ - CAME TO THEU.S.FROM CUBA- 2:20: WHEN I ARRIVEDTO THIS COUNTRY IN 1995 I FOUNDEVERYTHING I WAS LOOKING FOR INLIFE - HE JOINED THE MARINECORPS -- AND SERVED 8 YEARS -MEETING HIS WIFE ALONG THE WAY.2:31:10 SERVING FOR ME AT THETIME WAS THE ONLY WAY I COULDPAY BACK FOR EVERYTHING THISCOUNTRY DID FOR ME.2:58:16 THETWO THEN BUILT THEIR LIVESTOGETHER - 3 KIDS - 16 YEARS OFMARRIAGE - BUT THAT LOVE -FACED AN UNEXPECTED CHALLENGE -FAST -IT WAS CANCER WILLIE WASDIAGNOSED WITH STAGE 4 ORALCANCER - WIFE 7:30:05 IWEDECIDED EARLY ON WE NEEDED TOBE AS AGGRESSIVE AS WE CAN TOTREAT THIS BUT THE SURGERY TOREMOVE THE TUMOR WASSCHEDULED RIGHT AS COVID-19BEGAN SHUTTING THINGS DOWN---PUSHING THE DATE BACK - 8:24:17HE WAS THE FIRST SURGERY TO BESCHEDULED ON THE DAY AFTER THE14 DAY HIATUS.AFTER 9 HOURS IN SURGERY - THETUMOR WAS REMOVED - BUT THEBATTLE WAS FAR FROM OVER - NOW-WILLIE IS UNDERGOING WEEKS OFRADIATION AND CHEMOTHERAPY -10:12 ITS DIFFICULT BUT ITSDEFINITELY SOMETHING WE HAVE TODO AND WE ARE GOING TO DO IT.HIS POSITIVE - LIGHT HEARTEDPERSONALITY - COMPELLED THEVETERAN COMMUNITY TO DOSOMETHING SPECIAL - 23:32 ITWAS SO EMOTIONAL TO SEE THEPEOPLE THAT CAME OUT THAT DAY APARADE - OF MORE THAN 70 CARSMANY PEOPLE JUST DRIVING BY ANDSHOWING SIGNS - HONKING THEIRHORNS AND LIFE ME UP IT MADE MEBOOST - TO STAY FOCUSED ANDCAN GIVE UP- KNOWING THAT SOMANY PEOPLE CARE FOR YOU - YOUJUST HAVE TO KEEP FIGHTINGIF YOU KNOW A VETERAN THATSHOULD BE FEATURED ON OURWEEKLY SEGMENT -JUST SEND US AN EMAIL ATBE FEATURED ON OUR WEEKLYSEGMENT - JUST SEND US AN EMAILAT VETERANS VOICE AT KTNV DOTCOM.VETERANS VOICE IS BROUGHT TOYOU BY LEXUS OF HENDERSON ANDLEXUS OF LAS VEGASTIME NOW IS X:XX ---