Note: we are republishing this story which originally made the news in April 2017.
A photo of a man keeping his wife company as she underwent isolation during cancer radiation treatment has gone viral.
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Marci Newman was recently diagnosed with thyroid cancer and has been undergoing radiation treatments, BuzzFeed News reported. The treatments required that she remain in isolation.
But her husband, Jon Newman, didn’t let that stop him from being there for her.
One day, their 17-year-old daughter, Mackenna, came home from school to a heartwarming sight. She saw her father sitting on a chair that was positioned just outside of her mother’s room. The door was slightly cracked open.
Mackenna took a picture of her father keeping her mother company and shared it on social media.
“My mom has to stay in her room in isolation for her cancer radiation so my dad set up a desk at her door to keep her company and I’m crying,” Mackenna wrote on Twitter.
The photo quickly went viral, receiving more than 71,000 retweets and more than 172,000 likes. Several social media users offered words of support to Mackenna and her family.
“Beautiful! True, beautiful, [meaningful] love,” wrote one Twitter user. “All the best to your mom.”
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Author: lifestories25.com
