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Mom Shares Heartbreaking Photo Of Her Terminally-Ill Dad Crying Next To Her Cancer-Ridden Daughter, 5, After Finding Out They Will Die Within Weeks Of Each Other

Ally Parker is facing an unimaginable situation.

Her five-year-old daughter is tragically dying of brain cancer. If that wasn’t distressing enough, her father is sadly fighting a losing battle against motor neuron disease.

The mother from Florida now faces a world of grief and pain – burying both her daughter and father within weeks.

Mom Shares Heartbreaking Photo Of Her Terminally-Ill Dad Crying Next To Her Cancer-Ridden Daughter, 5, After Finding Out They Will Die Within Weeks Of Each Other

Ally posted a soul destroying photo to Facebook on Sunday.

It shows her father, Sean Peterson, crying by his sick granddaughter’s hospital bed.

Social media users were moved to tears by the sheer agony on Sean’s face.

Mom Shares Heartbreaking Photo Of Her Terminally-Ill Dad Crying Next To Her Cancer-Ridden Daughter, 5, After Finding Out They Will Die Within Weeks Of Each Other

Ally’s emotional rollercoaster started on December 6.

Her daughter, Braylynn Lawhon was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma.

It is the most deadly form of brain cancer and has no cure and no survival rate.

Mom Shares Heartbreaking Photo Of Her Terminally-Ill Dad Crying Next To Her Cancer-Ridden Daughter, 5, After Finding Out They Will Die Within Weeks Of Each Other

The heartbroken mom posted about her little girl’s plight on social media in a bid to raise awareness.

‘We all thought that they would outlive the rest of us…and we certainly never thought that my precious little Braylynn would be the first to go,’ Ally wrote in her Facebook post.

‘Last year was hard for us, but I can’t even begin to explain how difficult this year will be and has already been.’

‘In a few days I will have to bury this beautiful little girl. Months, maybe even weeks, later, I will have to bury my father.’

Mom Shares Heartbreaking Photo Of Her Terminally-Ill Dad Crying Next To Her Cancer-Ridden Daughter, 5, After Finding Out They Will Die Within Weeks Of Each Other

‘Both of my heroes, gone, within the same year,’ she continues. ‘How could this happen to us? What did any of us do to deserve THIS?’

‘Why do they have to leave us? What are we supposed to do? I refuse to believe that there is a reason for this. This world is a terrible place.’

Mom Shares Heartbreaking Photo Of Her Terminally-Ill Dad Crying Next To Her Cancer-Ridden Daughter, 5, After Finding Out They Will Die Within Weeks Of Each Other

But there is a glimmer of hope.

The family have heard about a revolutionary experimental treatment in Mexico. But sadly it is not covered by their insurance.

They are currently collecting donations via a GoFundMe page. They are hoping to raise $300,000 for the procedures.

Mom Shares Heartbreaking Photo Of Her Terminally-Ill Dad Crying Next To Her Cancer-Ridden Daughter, 5, After Finding Out They Will Die Within Weeks Of Each Other

‘Braylynn is still here. Pulse is still strong. Vitals are still normal,’ Ally wrote on Monday.

‘It may take a few days, because everything is going to be PERFECT for her big day. Until then, she is still with us, still fighting, still strong.’

Mom Shares Heartbreaking Photo Of Her Terminally-Ill Dad Crying Next To Her Cancer-Ridden Daughter, 5, After Finding Out They Will Die Within Weeks Of Each Other

The determined mom is now hoping to raise awareness of her daughter’s condition.

She has set up a Facebook page called Braylynn’s Battalion. 

‘My baby girl deserves to live a full, happy life, and so does every other child who has had to face DIPG,’ Ally wrote on the social media site.

‘We have to put an end to this. No more kids can get this disease and be allowed to die from it. We HAVE to find a cure, not a damn band aid.’

‘These kids deserve so much more than that, someday soon someone needs to find out what that cure is.’

Written by Christine Haveford

Christine loves all things cinema, and she's been that way ever since she was a little girl. In fact, she is so passionate about cinema that she decided to pursue cinematography as a full-time career, and is now pursuing film studies at the New York Film School. Originally from Florida, she is still exploring the new city, people, places, and the culture, loves the new weather, going ice skating during winters, and spending time with her fellow classmates and friends from college.

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