Teen comforts younger brother despite dying of cancer: Viral video that shakes the world

What of course A photo is worth a thousand words Apply for this photo. A teenager who learns that he is going to die of terminal cancer hugs his younger brother after receiving the news. He breaks down and cries.

The photo went viral on Saturday afternoon on the 20th. Millions of Internet users wanted to know the story of 15-year-old Ian. Complete cancer. Her brother, Peter, could not stop crying after hearing the news. Ian was diagnosed Osteosarcoma In 2019. It is one of a kind Bone cancer, which is more common in children.

After going through a surgery and months Chemotherapy, there was a belief in the boy’s family. Doctors have said that I no longer have cancer. But in 2021 his cancer returned. In November of that year, they only discovered the disease He was backBut spread all over his body.

“There’s nothing the doctors can do,” they told the teenager, who was seen keeping a calm face at the time of the photo. With great maturity He consoled him and apologized for not being able to beat cancer.

Benjamin Elliott, an Oregon man, posted the photo on Facebook. “Even if they don’t speak, this photo conveys a stronger message than words can convey. Last week, Ian and his family learned there was nothing they could do. In the past, cancer had taken over his body and defeated him. However, now it will be cancer, and it will win.” Eliot wrote.

Benjamin said Ian started crying after knowing he would die soon, but not because he was scared. “Actually, I was pretty good at it,” he said. “Ian cried because, as he put it in his own words, “I want to do one good thing in the world before I leave you all.”

Facebook user Ian said “He decided to tell his friends and his little brother that his cancer would inevitably kill him.” Instead of sharing the news with her parents. He added: “I think this film really shines a light on the ‘good’ that Ian loved and felt he needed to share. “Even in his devastating prognosis, Ian was the one who comforted and consoled his friends and little brothers,” he said.

Benjamin concluded by explaining that from now on, Ian would ‘not sit down to die’. ‘He has chosen to live a busy life until his death is fulfilled’. “While he says he’s sad, he admits he’s okay with dying,” she wrote. ‘The truth is that Ian refuses to live for himself. He chooses to live only for others until he takes his last breath.

Many filled the comments section of the post with their support, with one writing, ‘My heart is broken’. Another added: “Man Facebook makes me cry in the bathroom.”

Osteosarcoma is the most common bone cancer in children. According to him Argentine Hospital Oncopediatric Registry (Roha), bone cancer in children accounts for approximately 5% of all childhood tumors, and among bone cancers, osteosarcoma is the most common (56%).

Florencia Moreno is a pediatric oncologist (MN 81797) and coordinator of the National Program for Comprehensive Care of Children and Adolescents with Cancer. National Cancer Institute (INC), Y As discussed in a recent note with Infobaypointed out: “Basically what is known is that there are genetic factors that predispose to a very small number of cases, but the reality is In most cases, the causative agent is unknown.”.

“The most common age is between 10 and 14 years.The second group in order of frequency is between 5 and 9 years”, assured the expert who runs Roha.

What are the reasons that lead to counseling, Moreno explained “Parents are often advised of a blow, but a blow is not a precedent.”highlighted: “Although trauma is often the reason for counseling,The symptoms are not consistent with a normal stroke and do not justify the intensity or duration of the pain, It does not go away, it progresses over time, can wake up the child at night, and eventually a lump appears.

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