Georgia sheriff being treated for leukemia
MACON, Ga. - A Georgia sheriff is being treated for leukemia.
Bibb County Sheriff David Davis said he learned earlier this week that he had a curable form of the disease and would be hospitalized in Atlanta for a few weeks to undergo treatment, The Telegraph reported.
A routine blood test during a doctor’s visit earlier this month showed abnormalities. Further testing confirmed a leukemia diagnosis on Tuesday, the sheriff’s office said in a news release Thursday.
Davis told the newspaper that his treatment is "already showing some promise, some progress."
"They’ve caught it early enough," he said. "They say the kind I have is very treatable, very curable."
Davis, 64, has served the sheriff’s office since 1979. He was first elected sheriff in November 2012.
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