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Austin Couple Battles Through Their Worst Times While Helping Others Remember Their Best

Publication: KXAN-TV (NBC, Austin)

Bill and Karen Peary worked as a husband-and-wife team photographing weddings in Central Texas for over 12 years when they suddenly had to fight blood cancer together. Bill was diagnosed first with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2009 and Karen was later diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2016 and underwent a bone marrow transplant. Michael Kasper, M.D., of Texas Oncology–Austin Central, developed care plans for the Pearys that would allow them to benefit from innovative blood cancer treatments in Austin while allowing them to stay close to the wedding work and people they love – especially each other. Now cancer survivors, they’re still living out their happily-ever-afters through a thriving photography business.

Read the full story at KXAN-TV.

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