YouTuber Daniel Coleman, who hosts the popular children’s series Danny Go!, has shared the news of his 14-year-old son Isaac’s death.
The North Carolina creator penned an Instagram tribute on Thursday, writing of his ‘tremendous pride’ in him, after he received a mouth cancer diagnosis last year.
Alongside a photo of Isaac smiling, Coleman wrote: ‘Oh my sweet boy. There’s so much I want to say, but I don’t know how yet. I already miss you so much, and the pain in my heart is far more than I can process.
‘But looking through thousands of pictures and videos this past week, I’m also filled with tremendous pride. Your 14 years were full of so many challenges, but you met them all with such grit…and you somehow kept your trademark joy in spite of it all. You truly had a spark like no other, Isaac!
‘Remembering how loved you were and how full of life your time here was gives me great comfort. Being your dad was the honour of a lifetime. I’m so proud of you and I love you forever. Rest peacefully, son.’
Isaac was born with the rare genetic condition Fanconi anaemia, which Coleman said made the mouth cancer diagnosis a ‘near certainty’ when he shared the news in December, after returning from a family trip to the UK.
Coleman has been documenting his son’s treatment in the months since, which included surgery in January to have the cancer removed.
The creator previously told his followers that due to Isaac’s genetic condition, his treatment options were more limited than they would have been otherwise.
A month later, doctors informed Coleman and his wife Mindy that Isaac’s cancer was stage three and ‘on the edge’ of stage four because of the aggressive spread of the disease.
In April, Coleman said he was finding Isaac’s cancer ‘difficult to process and talk about’, noting that his son’s energy levels had dropped as the cancer continued to spread.
He also shared that Isaac was receiving hospice treatment, adding: ‘Mindy and I are heartbroken watching him decline, knowing how frustrating and scary this must be for him.
‘But we’re trying to hold it all together and keep soaking up the time we still have with our boy.’
Coleman, who has nearly 5million subscribers to his YouTube channel, also shares a second son, Levi, with his wife, who occasionally appears on his YouTube show as Mindy Mango.
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