Ayden Zeigler-Kohler's lifetime of adventure

Ayden Zeigler-Kohler, 9, of Springettsbury Township, is battling brain cancer. A fundraiser is planned Saturday to assist the family.

Ayden Kohler, a 9-year-old diagnosed with brain cancer last month, helps coach the York Suburban football team on Tuesday.

Members of the Central York football team pray with 9-year-old Ayden Ziegler-Kohler before Friday's season opener. After he was diagnosed with brain cancer last month, Ayden was named an honorary captain for Central's opener, leading the team onto the field for the game against West York.

Ayden Zeigler-Kohler, 10, holds his cousin, Zhuri Bridger, 1, with his grandmother Jackie Kohler at his Springettsbury Township home.

Ayden Zeigler-Kohler plays air hockey at home toward the end of February. Though his balance and motor skills were deteriorated from two cancerous tumors, Ayden was able to keep himself upright by using the wall behind him to balance.

Ayden Zeigler-Kohler holds his brother, Arian Kohler's hand, as he gets chemotherapy at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on March 16. Arian Kohler had just moved back to the area from North Carolina to be with his brother earlier that week.

A wish journal allows Ayden to communicate some of his desires for his life to his father. When asked if he's very sick and may die, where he'd like to be, he answered in the woods.

Bill Kohler bends down to talk to his son, Ayden Zeigler-Kohler, 10, in the Sproul State Forrest in Noyse Township on March 9. Ayden and his father, Bill Kohler, left, were invited to hold bear cubs who were being checked on as a part of a study by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, after a Wildlife Conservation Officer read their story. In a wish journal Ayden wrote that if he was sick and dying, he wanted to be in the woods. Ayden, who had a rare childhood cancer, died Wednesday at his home in Springettsbury Township.

Ayden Zeigler-Kohler, 10, smiles as he cuddles with three bear cubs in the Sproul State Forrest in Noyse Township in March. Ayden and his father, Bill Kohler, left, were invited to hold the cubs who were being checked on as a part of a study by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, after a Wildlife Conservation Officer read their story.

Bill Kohler flips through a book of photographs from his son Ayden's first deer hunting trip this winter. The community has rallied around Ayden after he was diagnosed with cancer, helping him to make the most of his time.

Bill Kohler watches over his son's shoulder as he shoots a target at Xtreme Archery in Springettsbury Township. Ayden was practicing for an upcoming hog and ram hunt. Though cancer has limited his mobility, a special chair with an extended arm helps stabilize the bow so Ayden can still shoot.

Photos of Ayden Zeigler-Kohler when he was healthy show a dramatic change in the now 10-year-old boy. Part of his treatment included steroids, which caused significant weight gain.