FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry stated Monday he has been identified with late-stage abdomen most cancers and can start chemotherapy therapies subsequent week.
The five-term mayor of Indiana’s second most populous metropolis introduced the analysis throughout a information briefing exterior his workplace Monday afternoon.
“My preliminary scans have proven that the most cancers is presently spreading by way of my lymph nodes and to different organs in my physique. Due to that, my prognosis just isn’t good,” Henry stated.
He stated he plans to proceed finishing up his duties as mayor.
“I even have confidence in my potential to hold out my time period as your mayor for so long as God permits,” Henry stated.
Henry, 72, was elected to his fifth time period as mayor of the town of about 270,000 residents in November.
Henry pleaded responsible to working a car whereas intoxicated endangering an individual in November 2022, had his license suspended for 90 days and obtained a suspended one-year jail sentence. He was arrested the month earlier than with a blood-alcohol degree of 0.152, or practically twice Indiana’s authorized restrict of 0.08.
Henry’s spouse, Cindy, died at age 67 on Jan. 20 after battling pancreatic most cancers for greater than a 12 months.