Nurse Helps Terminally Ill Father So He Could See His Son Play Football One Last Time

A nurse from Kentucky reminds us why our essential workers mean so much to the families who are a part of their lives.

Scott Sullivan from Somerset, Kentucky, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, MSN reports. The disease attacks membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord, according to NCIB.

After only getting weeks to live doctors discharged Sullivan to receive care at Hospice of Lake Cumberland.

That's where he met nurse Jerree Humphrey, who helped Sullivan achieve his wish. Sullivan wanted to live long enough to see his son Cade play his first sophomore football game at Pulaski County High School.

The school was about a 3 and a half-hour drive away, so doctors originally did not recommend Sullivan going to the game.

"I thought you know you're talking seven or eight hours in the car and I said I don't know how safe that would be or how realistic," said Humphrey, in an interview with MSN.

After first denying Sullivan's wish, Humphrey found a way to make Sullivan's wish a reality.

Humphrey contacted a local small airport and after a few days and a few phone calls, Dentist Dr. Denny Brummett offered to fly Sullivan on his personal plane.

"Words could not be put into sentences or phrases to describe how I felt at that time," said Sullivan. "I was just so happy to see my son."

That game for father and son meant so much to them since they didn't know how much time they have together.

"You could just not help but cry," said Humphrey. "He just embraced him so hard and was just so thankful for him to be there."