Nick Cannon Didn’t Want Late Son Zen to Undergo Chemo for Brain Tumor: ‘Couldn’t Imagine Him Having to Go Through’ That
A difficult decision. Nick Cannon opened up about why he and Alyssa Scott didn’t want their late son, Zen , to undergo chemotherapy for a brain tumor “Seeing your son hooked up to all of those machines — and he had to go for a shunt two or three times, and that was heartbreaking every time — even in that short amount of time, I couldn’t imagine him having to go through chemo,” Cannon, 42, said during a Tuesday, December 13, episode of The Checkup With Dr. David Agus . Zen died from the brain tumor in December 2021. He was 5 months old. The Masked Singer host shared that he and Scott, 29, opted for other courses of treatment instead, including the use of shunts to drain fluid from their son’s brain. “That, to me, made logical sense. There was less pain on him and the procedure was quick. It was all about quality of life ,” he explained. After doctors informed the California native that chemo would “not r...