Sheryl, a mom, shared a heartbreaking photo of her older son comforting his younger sibling, saying, “I’m here, everything is okay.” She shared the photo on Instagram. The baby boy, who is only four months old, is currently stricken with terminal cancer, the Daily Mail reports.
Doctors told the parents, Jon and Sheryl Blanksby, that there’s really nothing they could do to save their son. The parents are now just enjoying the time they’ve got left to spend with their baby.
The older brother, William Blanksby, went to his little brother while he was on the sofa and patted his cheek.
She wrote in her Instagram post:
#Throwback to when we were on our holiday. I was getting ready in the bathroom and husband was in the kitchen. The kids were quiet, especially Mr preschooler. You know the rules about when kids are quiet.
I tiptoed to the lounge with my camera ready to catch anything they are doing. I was expecting my baby to be covered in Nutella or something but instead I saw this. My preschooler is telling his baby brother "Kuya (big brother) is here. Everything is ok".
The family lives in Western Australia. At first, Sheryl thought that her son was just going to do some trouble. What she found surprised and really broke her heart.
The family has been sharing their journey in dealing with their baby’s problems through Sheryl’s use of social media. Thomas was born with a skin lesion on his right arm that doctors and the couple thought was only a birthmark.
Further tests revealed that there is a lump on his abdomen. Thomas was eventually diagnosed with a malignant rhabdoid tumor. His family has no idea how many days he still has on earth. He can pass away any minute now.
The couple told Daily Mail Australia, “There are tears and that immense pain of losing someone you love so much. We film him constantly and stare at him and kiss him. We as a family are trying to cope the best way we can, but it has been very hard.”
According to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Rhabdoid tumors are rare yet belligerent cancer that mostly occurs in infants and toddlers. They usually appear in the kidneys and the prognosis is nothing but hopeless. Survival rate is only 30 percent or less and successful treatment is non-existential.
The couple said, “We often get caught up in our own little world of first problems and we sweat the small stuff, or complain about things that don't matter,' they said. We forget how to be grateful of the things and life we have. We must live with a purpose, gratitude, and magnitude of love.”
