Nye County sheriff reveals cancer diagnosis

Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly has been diagnosed with cancer, she announced successful a video posted Friday to the sheriff’s bureau YouTube page.

Wehrly said she continues to beryllium acceptable for work and made the announcement to beryllium transparent astir her health. She went into the infirmary successful August for an intestinal blockage that was aboriginal revealed to beryllium cancer, she said.

“The prognosis, according to the doctor, is favorable,” she said. “I’m connected a attraction plan, I received the archetypal medications connected Sept. 29 with nary broadside effects and was backmost successful the bureau today, Sept. 30, 2021. At this time, nary of my plans person changed.”

Other members of her bid unit person begun learning astir assorted processes successful the office, she said.

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