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Landry goes home for Thanksgiving
Posted: Thursday November 25, 1999 11:48 AM
DALLAS (AP) -- Former Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry will be spending Thanksgiving at home after being released from a Dallas hospital where he was undergoing treatment for his leukemia. Landry left Baylor University Medical Center on Sunday after more chemotherapy, according to his wife, Alicia Landry. He was set to remain under outpatient care. "He doesn't hurt or anything. He walks in the evening. When the weather's nice, we walk outside," said Mrs. Landry. She said her husband is awaiting a follow-up examination to determine the results of a recently completed round of chemotherapy. The Landry family was gathering for Thanksgiving dinner, she said. However, because his chemotherapy has suppressed his immune system, leaving him more vulnerable to infection, the family is not expecting to host holiday guests, Mrs. Landry said. Landry, 75, has been under treatment since May for acute myelogenous leukemia, also known as AML, a cancer that impairs the production of blood cells. Tests showed in August that the disease had at least been brought to the stage of temporary remission but that more treatments were necessary. Earlier this month, Mrs. Landry admitted her husband had not yet entered a state of remission. Landry, who led Dallas to five Super Bowl appearances and two victories, was also too weak to attend an October banquet in which he and former Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach were honored with Lifetime Achievement awards. Landry ran the Cowboys for 29 years, beginning with the initial season of the franchise in 1960. His final season was 1988, and he was fired after Jerry Jones bought the team in 1989. He is the third in NFL history with 270 victories. Tom Landry Jr. has said he remains "cautiously optimistic" his father will enter into remission.
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