Brother Comforts His Sister In The Hospital During Her Last Days

Dec 11, 2019 by apost team

Brothers and sisters have always had a close bond. Even if they spend a lot of their time fighting, they come together in the end. It is heartbreaking when we see siblings torn apart prematurely by death.

Sadly, that is what happened to Jackson and Adalynn Sooter from Rogers, Arkansas. The two were close partners in all things fun and mischevious until four-year-old Adalynn was diagnosed with a highly aggressive brain tumor or DIPG (Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma).

From the start, Adalynn’s parents fought hard for their daughter’s life, doing everything in their power to cure her of her disease. In an interview with the Washington Post, her father said that for 19 months, Adalynn was able to continue living with the help of 33 treatments of radiation in addition to a wide variety of experimental procedures that were done in Mexico.

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Despite the fact that little Addy was fighting hard, she began to lose her battle as the cancer continued to spread through her body. On June 3, the Sooter family was faced with the most difficult day of their lives: the day when they had to say goodbye to their beautiful little girl.

Jackson and Addy were not ready to say goodbye. Lying in her hospital bed, the little girl clasped onto her brother’s arm as he reached up to stoke the hair out of her face. Regardless of the emotional pain that he was feeling, Jackson was working hard to provide his little sister with the comfort that she needed to let go of this life.

Matt Sooter, the children’s father, kept family and friends up-to-date on Addy’s condition on their social media page "Hope for Addy Joy - Fighting DIPG." He posted announcements on that tragic day and lamented the fact that Jackson had to say goodbye to his best friend too early.

However, he did assure readers that the sweet little girl experienced no pain toward the end of her journey.

Matt wrote for Love What Matters to urge people to take action and start writing their representatives, demanding that more funding be provided for the research of childhood cancer. He writes that tragically, at this time, only four percent of cancer research funding is allotted to children.

According to the Michael Mosier Defeat DIPG Foundation, DIPG carries a survival rate of under one percent, with the majority of children dying within two years of diagnosis. This condition needs a cure, and serious research needs to be completed to discover new treatments and techniques.

To see more memories of sweet Addy Joy, watch the video below:

Has one of your family member or closest friends ever helped you through a difficult time or illness? You can let us know in the comments. Also, you can help to raise awareness of this deadly childhood disease by promoting this post and letting others know about Addy’s story.