Country music star battling stage 4 cancer undergoes important procedure

Country music star Raul Malo shared an update with his fans on Wednesday as he continues to battle stage 4 cancer and Leptomeningeal Disease.

“This is a fun post today,” Malo shared on Facebook along with several photos and videos. “Had a great day today in Houston. Yesterday I had a procedure done that installs a filter to keep blood clots from coming up in the legs and into the lungs and making things worse. I don’t remember the name of it. As I basically say yes to whatever the heck they want to do to me. Checked out around noon and paid a visit to my buddy Snit @rockinrobinhouston (one of my favorite guitar stores).

“Anyways, in the flood of 2010 I lost this @officialgretsch and I never replaced her,” he continued. “My beautiful wife surprised me and bought it for me. Then we went to @Kenny&Ziggs for a delicious lunch. Then we went to @citygear for some sneaker love. Big daddy had a great day today! Lol. Then I got the cutest reception from the girls back at the hotel!! Tomorrow I have a couple of doc appointments, and that’s about it. There will be other scans later on this week, etc. Anyways, life is good her in H-Town. With love, RM.”

Fans were quick to send love and prayers.

“Makes me happy seeing that big smile!” one person replied. “Thank you for sharing! I am rooting for you always! So glad you had a good time today sending prayers.”

“I am so happy you had a great day!” another wrote. “So full of progress, fun and love. I couldn’t wish more for u.”

“My husband and I love you, Raul,” another wrote. “Just know that I have burned candles in your honor after Mass!”

There were plenty more posts like that and you can see those as well as Malo’s post here.

Malo had been battling stage 4 cancer since last year, but in late September he gave the heartbreaking update that he has developed Leptomeningeal Disease.

“Dear Friends, I want to update you all on my health, as things have taken a turn,” he wrote on Facebook. “As it goes with cancer, it’s a very unpredictable and indiscriminatory disease. I’ve developed something called LMD, which stands for ‘get this (expletive) out of my head.’ Treatment for this is radiation, which I will start tomorrow. We will probably jump into some chemo and are even looking at alternative therapies. But it’s time to take to heart your words of resting & recovering, so that’s what I’m going to do.

“Unfortunately, this does mean all shows going forward are cancelled, but we’ll continue doing cool projects, releasing live recordings, merchandise, Trovador and so forth,” he continued. “I want to thank Dwight Yoakam, his band, and crew for their kindness and understanding this year, and sorry we couldn’t finish the tour the way we planned. Hang on to your tickets for the Ryman in December, as we are planning something special there, and hope to announce that very soon.”

Malo then reassured fans about how he is doing.

“But I want to let everybody know, I am in no way alone, or scared,” he said. “I have an amazing wife and boys, wonderful family, team, road crew, band, friends and fans. I don’t even have enough words to describe the love and support that I’m getting right now. To my friends who have sent me texts and messages, I want you to know that I’ve read them all. I can’t return them all, but your love, prayers, and well wishes have not gone unnoticed.

“We don’t know what this will look like a couple months from now, but we are going into it like we have with everything else,” Malo continued. “Full steam ahead. Fight, recover, rest, repeat. I want to thank you all for your incredible support through all this, & sorry about the cancellations but we not choice anymore. Find kindness and empathy out there wherever you can. Humans are alright, even if you don’t believe it from what you see on TV. We will keep you informed as this goes, and I promise, no more bullfighting pictures without context.”