Multiple Myeloma

The Lara family celebrated Thanksgiving early this year because of Vincent Lara's impending admittance to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston to begin chemotherapy treatment for multiple myeloma.

Reporter Elena Watts and I spent some time with the family to help tell their story.

Here are a few frames:

Vincent Lara sits in his mother's home in Victoria, Texas with his nieces Jaylynn Flores, 13, left, and Ava Flores, 7, right, during a family Thanksgiving get-together before he was eventually admitted to MD Anderson Hospital for multiple myeloma treatment in Houston weeks later. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Katherine Vargas, left, feeds her son Trent, 1, while her brother Nicholas Sanchez feeds her other son, Ty, 1, at their grandmother's home in Victoria, Texas during an early Thanksgiving celebration their family celebrated before Vincent Lara would eventually be admitted to MD Anderson Hospital in Houston for multiple myeloma cancer treatment. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Susana Lara wears the ring, on her right hand ring finger, her husband, Vincent Lara, gave her when she was 16 years old before they married. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Vincent Lara celebrates an early Thanksgiving with family in Victoria, Texas. Lara's sister, Vanessa Flores, donated stem cells to help in the treatment of his multiple myeloma cancer. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

From left, Ava Flores, 7, T.J. Vargas, 9, N.J. Sanchez, 4, Trey Vargas, 4, and Jaylynn Flores, 13, play together at their grandmother's house in Victoria, Texas during an early Thanksgiving celebration. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Tylee Flores, 2, sits in her father Rudy Flores' lap at her grandmother's home in Victoria, Texas during an early Thanksgiving celebration her family celebrated before Vincent Lara would eventually be admitted to MD Anderson Hospital in Houston for multiple myeloma cancer treatment. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Vincent Lara pushes his niece, Tylee Flores, 2, on a swing set outside of his mother's home in Victoria, Texas during an early Thanksgiving celebration his family celebrated before he would eventually be admitted to MD Anderson Hospital in Houston for multiple myeloma cancer treatment. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)