Nick Cannon Shares Why Son Zen Didn’t Go Through Chemotherapy

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Nick Cannon revealed wherefore his and Alyssa Scott’s lad Zen did not spell done chemotherapy earlier his decease successful 2021. Learn astir Nick’s prime to prioritize Zen’s “quality of life.”

Nick Cannon Honors Son Zen One Year After His Passing

Nick Cannon is looking backmost connected a hard determination helium made for his precocious son.

The TV big precocious reflected connected the decease of his and Alyssa Scott's babe boy Zen, who passed distant astatine conscionable 5-months-old owed to a encephalon tumor successful 2021. As Nick has present explained, Zen did not spell done chemotherapy aft doctors offered it—for a fewer reasons.

"They beauteous overmuch told maine that champion lawsuit scenario, your lad could unrecorded to 3 oregon 4 years old," Nick recalled during the Dec. 12 occurrence of The Checkup with Dr. David Agus, per People. "So instantly erstwhile I heard that, I thought, prime of life. I wanted him to person the champion beingness helium could have."

The 42-year-old, who has himself been done chemotherapy to dainty lupus, had a idiosyncratic thought of what the attraction would beryllium similar for Zen—who had to acquisition a fewer procedures, specified arsenic having a shunt installed to drain fluid from his brain.

"Seeing your lad hooked up to each of those machines—and helium had to spell for a shunt 2 oregon 3 times, and that was heartbreaking each time—even successful that abbreviated magnitude of time, I couldn't ideate him having to spell done chemo," Nick said. "I knew however arsenic a afloat grown man, that process. I wouldn't adjacent telephone it pain. It conscionable sucked everything retired of you. I couldn't ideate that connected a newborn and what that would do."

Nick besides had concerns astir however Zen's days would beryllium spent having to "live successful the hospital" if they chose to determination guardant with the treatment. Nick noted, "He would person ne'er gone home."

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In December 2021, the comedian revealed during an occurrence of The Nick Cannon Show that Zen had passed away connected Dec. 5, 2021. At the time, Nick elaborate their last moments together, recalling holding Zen "for the past time" portion by the water with Alyssa.

One twelvemonth aft his death, Nick honored the archetypal day of Zen's passing by sharing thoughts connected what helium called the "toughest day" of his life.

"Losing a kid has to beryllium the heaviest, astir acheronian and depressive experiences that I volition ne'er get over," Nick wrote connected Instagram Dec. 5. "A substance of guilt, pain, and sorrow is what I suppress daily. I emotion hard, I emotion large and I emotion with my full Heart and Soul and I conscionable privation my Little Man could've felt much of that emotion portion helium was present connected Earth."

Alyssa and Nick are presently expecting their 2nd kid together—the star's 12th. He besides shares 11-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe with ex-wife Mariah Carey; 5-year-old lad Golden "Sagon," 23-month-old girl Powerful Queen and 2-month-old lad Rise Messiah with Brittany Bell; 18-month-old duplicate sons Zion and Zillion and newborn girl Beautiful Zeppelin with Abby De La Rosa; 5-month-old lad Legendary Love with Bre Tiesi and 3-month-old girl Onyx Ice with LaNisha Cole.