{"id":1162,"date":"2007-01-26T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-26T17:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/01\/evans-expects-full-recovery-from-colon-cancer\/"},"modified":"2007-01-26T11:09:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-26T17:09:00","slug":"evans-expects-full-recovery-from-colon-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/01\/evans-expects-full-recovery-from-colon-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Evans expects full recovery from colon cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Rbo1_rBDo6I\/AAAAAAAAAk8\/PPJ3G3kPrug\/s1600-h\/Evans,+Kent.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Rbo1_rBDo6I\/AAAAAAAAAk8\/PPJ3G3kPrug\/s200\/Evans,+Kent.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5024387702280397730\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The tumor removed from Do\u00f1a Ana County Commissioner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donaanacounty.org\/commissioners\/district4\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kent Evans<\/a>\u2019 colon earlier this week was malignant, but the cancer had not spread and doctors are confident they removed it all, his wife Anna Mae said.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">As an additional precaution, Evans will undergo chemotherapy, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cIt\u2019s very encouraging. It looks like he\u2019ll be just fine,\u201d Anna Mae Evans said. \u201cThe tumor was self-contained. It hasn\u2019t been aggressive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Kent Evans, 66, was hospitalized last week after experiencing pain in his abdomen. Doctors discovered the tumor while removing his gallbladder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Anna Mae Evans said she is hopeful her husband will be able to leave the hospital on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Kent Evans is a Republican who represents District 4. He has a reputation for working with anyone \u2013 Democrat, Republican or otherwise \u2013 and is well-liked by most.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Anna Mae Evans said the outpouring of support since her husband was hospitalized has been overwhelming. She even received a call earlier this week from U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cIt\u2019s wonderful how much people think of him,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tumor removed from Do\u00f1a Ana County Commissioner Kent Evans\u2019 colon earlier this week was malignant, but the cancer had not spread and doctors are confident they removed it all, his wife Anna Mae said. As an additional precaution, Evans will undergo chemotherapy, she said. \u201cIt\u2019s very encouraging. It looks like he\u2019ll be just fine,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}