Heavy burden, light heart
GORDON KING/Yakima Herald-Republic
Cancer patient Tom Colton, accompanied by his wife Lorene, left, and sister Pat Howard, right, goes in for his chemotherapy treatment in Yakima on Oct. 1, 2008. He's wearing the chemotherapy treatment pump he has nicknamed "Flip." Colton has made the pump into a pretend political candidate for this visit to lighten the mood for other patients. Colton dresses in a new role for each bi-weekly visit. On this visit his wife and sister act as "Flip's" security detail. They always accompany Colton to the chemotherapy center.
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Cancer patient Tom Colton, accompanied by his wife Lorene, left, and sister Pat Howard, right, goes in for his chemotherapy treatment in Yakima on Oct. 1, 2008. He's wearing the chemotherapy treatment pump he has nicknamed "Flip." Colton has made the pump into a pretend political candidate for this visit to lighten the mood for other patients. Colton dresses in a new role for each bi-weekly visit. On this visit his wife and sister act as "Flip's" security detail. They always accompany Colton to the chemotherapy center.
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