A heartwarming scene was captured on video when a 6-year-old boy said goodnight to his little sister for the final time, and it’s touching people everywhere.
Matt Sooter, who lives in Arkansas, captured a photo of his 4-year-old daughter Adalynn, also known as “Addy,” after she was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer.
Matt wrote, “A young boy shouldn’t have to say farewell to his partner in adventure, his play buddy, his closest friend, his little sister.”
Over 8,000 people responded to the touching photo. The parents are now hoping to spread the word about this uncommon disease. Please share.
In November 2016, everything changed for the Sooter family when they found out that their daughter had Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), a rare type of tumor that begins in the brainstem.
Addy had to deal with the increasing tumor for a year and a half before her symptoms started to get worse.
Matt shared on Facebook that his four-year-old daughter’s health had quickly worsened.
Addy’s condition has gotten worse really fast in just the last day and a half. She was her usual energetic self when she woke up yesterday. Although we still see glimpses of her happy personality, she’s having a hard time eating and swallowing now. She’s been sleeping a lot more, so we decided to take her to the hospital for care. It seems like she might not have much time left, he shared on Facebook.
Big brother didn’t want to leave his sister
In a very touching and sad message, he reached out to all the friends and family who wanted to say goodbye to their dear daughter and asked them to get in touch.
Matt asked his followers to keep big brother Jackson in their thoughts and prayers because he didn’t want to be away from his sister.
Not long after Jackson told his little sister goodnight and that he loved her, she sadly passed away.
‘Sweet girl loved helping people’
A few hours later, the family shared on the Facebook page Hope for Addy Joy – Fighting DIPG that their daughter had passed away.
She moved on from this life to the next just like she lived: with determination but also calmness, and with her family by her side. At the end, she felt no pain.
“While this is only goodbye for now we miss our baby girl terribly.”
The family gave Addy’s brain and spine tumors to science so that they could help find ways to save other kids from going through the same thing.
“Our sweet girl loved helping people and giving gifts so we thought this would be an excellent way of showing her giving heart,” they wrote in a Facebook post.
Everyone knows someone who has been impacted by this terrible illness, but it’s especially heartbreaking when it happens to kids.
Rest in peace little angel Addy.
