Nick didn’t want Zen’s brain tumour treatment.
He told People that the terrible loss “shattered” him.
Cannon said on the cover, “We had a short time with a true angel.”
Heartbroken. He continued, “I wish I could have spent more time with him, shot more images.”
Ex-Mariah Carey remarked, “I wish I could have hugged him longer.”
Five-month-old Nick Cannon’s youngest child died of brain cancer this month. His ex-model mother is Alyssa Scott.
This Monday, the actor announced Zen’s death on his talk programme, citing a “invasive mid-line brain tumour.”
Hydrocephalus, a malignant, invasive mid-line brain tumour, killed my youngest son over the weekend. Mariah Carey’s ex said it’s hard.
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The actor told People that he is “shattered” over the loss 10 days ago.
‘We had a short time with a true angel,’ Cannon stated on the People cover.
I’m heartbroken. I regret not spending more time with him and taking more photos. “I wish I could have hugged him longer,” said the Drumline star.
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His June-born kid suffered the same.
The child was initially undiagnosed.
Cannon said he had fluid in his lungs, like a sinus infection. The doctors didn’t worry about it.
Zen was “developing a little too quickly,” doctors said.
Cannon learned the youngster had high-grade glioma, a rare and dangerous brain cancer, in August. Brain and spinal cord gliomas are high-grade.
Physicians tried, but tumours grew. He and Alyssa then planned his finest life. They thought he had months or years left.
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Chemotherapy was considered but rejected.
We could have lived in the hospital, hooked up to machines, forever. I know the ache from chemotherapy before Lupus. I didn’t want that for a 2-month-old. He shouldn’t suffer.
They sought to please him.
‘We focused on Disneyland, our favourite spot,’ says Cannon. ‘Every month we would celebrate his birthday, just truly seeing it as a success every time he had a milestone that he was still here.’
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Thanksgiving weekend worsened him.
Cannon said he struggled. ‘He gasped. He would stop breathing for five to 10 seconds, then gasp. He looked scared. It was my scariest moment.
“My heart is destroyed,” she says. I regret not spending more time with him and taking more photos. Nick regretted not hugging him longer.
Beach trip.
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“We have to watch the sun rise and just be there with him one more time,” he says. ‘Beautiful.
Zen died December 5. He and Alyssa witnessed the death.
Cannon called being there a blessing. Alyssa says, “I suppose he was just waiting for you.”
‘It was a privilege being Zen’s mama,’ Scott wrote to People. Zen’s light moving strangers is beautiful and uplifting. Zen will always shine.
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‘It was a privilege being Zen’s mama,’ Scott told People. Zen’s light moving strangers is beautiful and uplifting. Zen will always shine.
Nick displayed a fresh tattoo honouring the child last week.
In his “Pic of the Day” segment on his talk programme, Nick revealed the tattoo of his baby as an angel on his ribs and stated he was pleased to keep him “forever.”
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‘This week I’ve witnessed so much love,’ he remarked. I’ve never felt more love, so thank you, even in loss.
‘Last night, I got my kid Zen as an angel tattooed on my rib.
‘I’m still bandaged and it hurts right here… That was painful, but definitely worth it. I loved having my son as my rib, my side, and my angel forever.
Inked: Nick got a tattoo to honour the child last week. Nick revealed the ink, which shows his son as an angel on his ribs, in his “Pic of the Day” section on his talk programme and said he was pleased to have his son with him “forever.”
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Nick Cannon “heartbroken” after son Zen’s death