On Target

摘要

For two months last summer, Dr. Walter Atkinson kept an extremely busy schedule. The Baton Rouge-based dentist saw patients at his office every day, and each morning or evening he also flew between Baton Rouge and Houston, soaring over eastern Texas in his single-prop Bonanza, with Pat, his wife and copilot, at his side. Despite all the activity, Atkinson didn't feel tired or run down, which is particularly amazing given what Atkinson was doing in Houston: receiving daily radiation treatments for prostate cancer.