Nolan Scully was only four years old when he died. He had been seriously ill, and doctors weren’t able to do anything more for him. But before he slipped away, he wanted to tell his mom something, and his poignant last words were nothing short of heartbreaking.
Back in November 2015, Ruth and Jonathan Scully from Leonardtown, Maryland, received news that virtually any mother or father would dread. In short, their four-year-old son Nolan was given a terrifying diagnosis. He had a rare form of cancer, and Nolan’s cancer, known as rhabdomyosarcoma, was affecting the soft tissue in his body. Doctors, therefore, told his parents the boy needed to start a tough regime of treatment to fight the disease. This routine would include a 43-week schedule of grueling chemotherapy sessions as well as five and a half weeks of radiotherapy. Read the full story here ▶
