Signs encouraging for 9-year-old cancer patient from Butler
Aiden Bartley, 9, gets a haircut from stylist Shayna Bonfardine in Butler Township on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Bartley has an adult form of pancreatic cancer and receives chemotherapy every other week. His hair is thinning as a result of the therapy. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Aiden Bartley, 9, gets a haircut from stylist Shayna Bonfardine in Butler Township on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Bartley has an adult form of pancreatic cancer and receives chemotherapy every other week. His hair is thinning as a result of the therapy, and his mood is also affected. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Aiden Bartley, 9, gets a haircut as his mother, Megan Bartley, watches, just like any 9-year-old's mother would, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Except, she says, Aiden's hair is thinning from the every other week chemotherapy treatments he receives to battle adult pancreatic adenocarcinoma, a form of cancer. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Aiden Bartley, 9, has a lot of questions as the he works the old handheld game console his father has given him.
“Why are you in the same town all the time?” Aiden asked, his fingers flickering over the keyboard.
“I haven’t played that game in 25 years. It’s been collecting dust,” said his father, Mike Bartley.
“Why do you have two monster balls?” an outraged Aiden asks. His dad allows that maybe he made the use of a cheat code or two.
Shortly after, Aiden excuses himself from the table and leaves the room.
His mother, Megan Bartley, said he’s probably feeling a little tired still from his chemotherapy session last week.
