Having cancer is never easy. Losing a loved one to it is heartbreaking. There are so many things you wish you could do, but you can’t because you have to attend treatments. Others are able to survive the disease, however, others aren’t as lucky.

That’s why when this father found out that he had a few months to live, he didn’t waste any time.

Scott Sullivan is a 50-year-old father from Somerset, Kentucky.

On August 2020, he was admitted to the hospital due to abnormal lab results. Upon checking, doctors found out that he had a rare form of cancer called leptomeningeal carcinomatosis which is cancer that spreads to the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.

As much as other cancer patients have survived cancer, this one wass not possible. Scott only had two to four months to live.

It was heartbreaking news for the family.

His son, Cade Sullivan, was a sophomore at the Pulaski County High School. He would have his first football game in a few weeks. Before they found out Scott had cancer, they had plans that his dad would cheer him on during his first game.

Scott wanted to see his son play football one last time before he passed.

He was taking treatments at home and the game was a three-and-a-half-hour drive away. His nurse, Jerree Humphrey of Hospice of Lake Cumberland, understood Scott’s wish but driving for more than an hour is difficult for a hospice patient.

“I thought you know you’re talking seven or eight hours in the car and I said I don’t know how safe that would be or how realistic,” Jerre said to Scott based on a CNN interview.

But Jerre found a way.

So Jerre called a nearby airport if they had any available planes.

Unfortunately, they did not. But Dr. Denny Brummett, a dentist, offered to bring Scott to his son’s game in his own plane instead.

Scott and Jerre were ecstatic upon hearing the news!

On August 11, they boarded the plane to watch Cade play.

They sat on a hill which is a few meters from the crowd. When Cade saw his dad, he ran to him and hugged him with all his might.

Everyone was overcome with emotion by the sight of the father and son.

It was like they were drawing strength from each other.

“Words could not be put into sentences or phrases to describe how I felt at that time,” Scott said.

“I was just so happy to see my son.”

It was truly a memorable moment for everyone.

For Scott, it was his way of etching a memory that he would always be there for him even when he’s gone. As for Cade, it will be a moment he will carry with him and cherish forever.

“You could just not help but cry,” Jerre said.

“He just embraced him so hard and was just so thankful for him to be there.”

Scott fought valiantly. On October 4, 2020, he passed away, but his memory will live on.

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Source: CNN, Facebook