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This is Aaron's sister Alison posting. Last week on Tuesday morning, Aaron had a lung biopsy done.  Like his previous biopsy, this one also resulted in a collapsed lung. He was in quite a bit of pain that day and through the night. On Wednesday his lung was able to seal itself, and he was able to come home Wednesday night. Aaron deals with his pain such a quiet way. He doesn't complain, he just bears it. And I don't know how, but he manages to think of others when he's suffering himself. I'm sure I don't need to tell you all how remarkable he is! There's no one quite like Aaron. Lorraine texted the family today with a request that we pray and fast for Aaron. We felt that there would be many people out there who would like to join with us, so we'd like to share the invitation to all who would like to join in a special fast for Aaron this weekend.  Here is part of Lorraine's text: "I don't know for certain what to ask everyone to pr...

Aaron had his first scans since starting the immunotherapy drug Keytruda. The results aren't good. There has been a definite increase in tumor size and quantity. The report says there are innumerable tumors in the lungs as opposed to the couple that we have been watching. It's also in the bones and lymph nodes. He didn't have an MRI and so we don't know what the cancer looks like in his brain. Most likely there is more there too. This report is surprising to us because Aaron has been feeling better these days. We are hopeful he can get a needle biopsy this week and praying it doesn't collapse his lung like it did after the last biopsy. Drug trials are our only option at this time, and we can't really move on any trials because they all require a washout period (usually 4 weeks) and this biopsy, which can take up to three weeks to get the results. We hope to have the drug trials researched and one chosen so when the results are in we can move quickly into a new...