TUCSON, Ariz. -- One month ago, Blake Anderson was unsure if his wife, Wendy, would be able to make the trip to Arizona.
Wendy, 48, and Blake announced that her breast cancer not only returned this fall after one cancer-free year, but now it has metastasized and spread to her lymph nodes, liver and lungs.
On Nov. 25, when news of Wendy's illness began to be shared the day after Arkansas State University's regular-season finale at Texas State, her re-diagnosis had not yet become official until a full pathology report.
Now, the Andersons know. And still, it did not stop Wendy from joining the Red Wolves, Blake and their three children in Tucson for Saturday's Arizona Bowl against Nevada at Arizona Stadium.