04/20/2023
The following is shared with permission.
We have always said that we want to be more than just a clinic and more of a family. This is not a slogan but a deeply-held belief. When a member of our family is fighting, we want to fight with them. Please take the time to learn about the Lloyds below and consider being irrationally generous and supporting them by donating money through their meal train page:
https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/mg72m9/
or purchasing from their amazon wish list:
https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/P4DX1BP30FXW
We are prepared to match up to $2,000 in cash and gifts from you all. Please make us spend it!
Aaron Lloyd is a 37-year-old father of 4, Duncan, OK resident, who I first met on April 11th, 2022. He had just been discharged from OU Hospital after having a craniotomy to remove part of a brain tumor that was causing seizures, delirium and even hallucinations. At the time, it was assumed to be a glioma which is an aggressive cancerous brain tumor. Several procedures and radiation later we know that it is an aggressive, high-grade glioblastoma or astrocytoma but multiple oncologists have been unable to definitively say what is attacking his brain. In the meantime, he has lost part of his vision from an optic nerve tumor, he has partial loss of his right upper extremity due to brain inflammation, and he has lost 52 pounds since the first time I met him. His wife, Nicole has become his full-time caretaker and this likely will not change soon. In short, this tumor is kicking his butt. His oncologists do not give him good odds to win this battle.
But we believe in a God who heals against all odds. Medicine is an imperfect imitation of the work of the Great Physician. We pray that God would have mercy on this sweet family and heal Aaron. Regardless of what God chooses to do, they have great need and heavy burdens from this trial. This family lives among us and their children go to school with my own children. This has been devastating to them all. Please consider giving to this family that you may never meet ... because we have been given so much.