Julia Manetta applies an anti-nausea patch on the neck of her husband, Steven, a cancer patient, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in their Lemont, Ill., home. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Cancer patient Steven Manetta sits for a portrait Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, in his Lemont, Ill., home with four of the five medicines he takes daily to battle the nausea from his chemotherapy. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Steve and Julia Manetta take their dog Basil for a walk after dinner Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Lemont, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Julia Manetta, left, and her husband, Steven Manetta, a cancer patient, work on dinner Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in their Lemont, Ill., home. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Cancer patient Steven Manetta sits for a portrait Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in his Lemont, Ill., home. Manetta takes at least a dozen pills daily to keep a form of the blood cancer leukemia in remission. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Steven Manetta, a cancer patient, returns from the garden with an eggplant for dinner as his dog Basil leads him up the stairs at his home in Lemont, Ill., Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Julia and Steven Manetta eat dinner as their dog, Basil, watches closely Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in their Lemont, Ill., home. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

An entry in a journal that Julia Manetta wrote as part of her wedding vows to her husband, Steven, that addresses his cancer treatment Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, is seen at their Lemont, Ill., home. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Julia Manetta feeds Basil a piece of watermelon as she and her husband, Steven, prepare dinner Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in their Lemont, Ill., home. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Cancer patient Steven Manetta sits for a portrait Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, in his Lemont, Ill., home with four of the five medicines he takes daily to battle the nausea from his chemotherapy. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)