Local doctor works 70-80 hour weeks to pay off bills as he battles cancer
Dr. Brett Larsen turned 34 on Christmas Eve. He has a wife and four-year-old son. He also has stage four colon cancer. Originally diagnosed about three years ago, Larsen put his medical career on hold, underwent surgery to remove a tumor from his liver and thought he was back on track. But half a year ago, the University Hospital/UT Health anesthesiology resident got more bad news. The cancer…