At A&M veterinary clinic, high-tech equals hope

By Monica Rhor

Dread and hope flit through the air of the waiting room like storm clouds and clear blue competing for a place in the sky.

This is a place of last refuge, intractable hope and boundless love, the entrance to a battlefield between cutting-edge science and cancer.

It was here that Beverly Gorman and her husband arrived in January after an urgent 2,400-mile, 60-hour car trip from Olympia, Wash., a trek spurred by a grim diagnosis.