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This Dying Man Has the Same Cancer as Brittany Maynard, But His Response is Priceless
Life News ^ | 11/24/14 | Sarah Zagorski

Posted on 11/24/2014 10:58:34 AM PST by wagglebee

Aaron and Nora met in 2010 and like most people who fall in love, they were head over heels for each other. The next year, Aaron suffered a seizure at work which led to a very grim diagnosis: stage four brain cancer.

Although a large portion of the tumor was a Grade 2, which is usually classified as benign, a portion of it was Grade 4 glioblastoma—the same kind of cancer as Brittany Maynard.

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However, despite his illness, their lives went on. Aaron and Nora wed, they had a baby and spent endless time together. For a while his health was looking better, but in 2013 tumors reappeared and his health quickly took a turn for the worse. And according to Nora, now they are approaching the end of their road. She said, “I want to be clear as a bell with everyone: he is dying.”

Nora explains on her blog, My Husbands Tumor, more about their journey with cancer.

She writes, “Because of his grace, we were able to spend the past three years not just being alive, but living. We still went to work and paid our bills. We raised our son and cooked dinner (okay, we ordered in). We worked on our house and watched a ton of movies. We traveled, we went to shows (so many shows). We had a child and lost a child and buried my father, together.” She also says their story isn’t a cancer story; instead “it’s a love story, with some cancer.”

Currently, their family is doing their best to prepare for the days to come and doctors are talking about hospice care. Nora is preparing to plan a funeral and raise her son, Ralph, alone. But as painful as their days are, she is still giving updates on Aaron and praising him for his courage.

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She writes, “Everyone wants to see him. I get it. I do. And if it were really my choice I’d be like oh yeah, come on in, say good bye! But, he just doesn’t want to. It didn’t really make sense to me at first, but now I get it. No matter how many people may surround you, death is a solitary journey. In the past few days, I have seen the man who has walked beside me for four years slowly drift onto his own path, where I cannot follow. I know, though, that when it is my turn, I’ll recognize the footprints he left for me, and I won’t feel alone and I won’t feel afraid.

Aaron is not afraid.

The end of life is important, but if you have lived well, it is no more or less important than the beginning of your life, or the middle.”

To learn more about Aaron and Nora’s story watch the video below.

YouTube: Aaron & Nora

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"The end of life is important, but if you have lived well, it is no more or less important than the beginning of your life, or the middle.”

Amen!

1 posted on 11/24/2014 10:58:34 AM PST by wagglebee
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2 posted on 11/24/2014 10:59:01 AM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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3 posted on 11/24/2014 10:59:35 AM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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God bless them!

Prayers up for Aaron that he may go quickly without much pain.

Prayers up for the wife that she remain strong (she will need to be).


4 posted on 11/24/2014 11:01:15 AM PST by sauropod (Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
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To: wagglebee

Prayers for them.


5 posted on 11/24/2014 11:03:10 AM PST by defconw (If not now, WHEN?)
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To: wagglebee

“All of the cliched things people say about life are true... it is precious, and brief, and cruel and sweet, even if it isn’t fair.”
Nora Purmort

Thank you wagglebee, thank you Nora, and thank you Lord.
Tatt


6 posted on 11/24/2014 11:09:33 AM PST by thesearethetimes... (Had I brought Christ with me, the outcome would have been different. Dr.Eric Cunningham)
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To: wagglebee

some days the screen just seems to fog up...


7 posted on 11/24/2014 11:09:59 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: wagglebee

True words spoken...


8 posted on 11/24/2014 11:17:11 AM PST by chalkfarmer
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"Call on me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things which you do not know."

-Jeremiah 33:3-

9 posted on 11/24/2014 11:17:49 AM PST by Hoodat (Article 4, Section 4)
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To: wagglebee

I’m speechless. Such grace. God bless them.


10 posted on 11/24/2014 11:22:18 AM PST by hummingbird (US = Koyaanisqatsi.)
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The Lord took my wife, his favorite angel that He let me borrow, back home this past July from cancer.

I have seen the man who has walked beside me for four years slowly drift onto his own path, where I cannot follow. I know, though, that when it is my turn, I’ll recognize the footprints he left for me, and I won’t feel alone and I won’t feel afraid.

Good Lord I can't even see my keyboard...
11 posted on 11/24/2014 11:39:09 AM PST by envisio (Its on like Donkey Kong!)
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To: wagglebee

I pray that his passing is easy and peaceful. I pray also that his wife if given comfort by the Great Comforter.


12 posted on 11/24/2014 11:41:17 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good liberals, are terrible human beings.)
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To: Tennessee Nana

I should know better than to read stuff like this at work.


13 posted on 11/24/2014 11:41:22 AM PST by envisio (Its on like Donkey Kong!)
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They are handling it in an admirable fashion. But I couldn’t help noticing the absence of any mention or reference to God or Christ, or any acknowledgement of his or their making preparation for the NEXT life.

There are only 2 possible destinations. To go to the worst one by default; just do nothing. To go to the galactically preferable one, we need to simply ASK for it. It’s FREE, but we do need to express a need and respectfully ask.


14 posted on 11/24/2014 11:43:03 AM PST by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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I have seen the man who has walked beside me for four years slowly drift onto his own path, where I cannot follow. I know, though, that when it is my turn, I’ll recognize the footprints he left for me, and I won’t feel alone and I won’t feel afraid.

Wow. That's powerful.

15 posted on 11/24/2014 11:47:26 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Who is John Galt?)
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To: wagglebee

No mention of Jesus though.....


16 posted on 11/24/2014 11:48:34 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Tucker39

Thank you for saying it!

I didn’t see it either. This life is a vapor, but the NEXT is what counts. Without Jesus, it’s all in vain.....

John 14:6


17 posted on 11/24/2014 11:50:25 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: envisio

“I should know better than to read stuff like this at work.”

I hope you’re not driving a bus or flying a plane...


18 posted on 11/24/2014 11:52:23 AM PST by PLMerite (Why did my tagline disappear? I didn't delete it.)
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To: wagglebee

Now that’s courage.


19 posted on 11/24/2014 11:59:54 AM PST by skeeter
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No matter how many people may surround you, death is a solitary journey.


So true.


20 posted on 11/24/2014 12:03:31 PM PST by boycott
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