Cause of death of influencer Jennifer Burnham’s 4-year-old son revealed

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• Influencer Jennifer Burnham shared the cause of death of her 4-year-old son Baxter.

• The content creator’s child died on October 5, as she previously shared on Instagram

• Burnham is known online by 96,000 followers on Instagram for sharing lifestyle, motherhood and cooking content.

Influencer Jennifer Burnham has shared her son Baxter’s cause of death.

The content creator’s 4-year-old died on Oct. 5, she previously shared on Instagram, writing in the video’s caption, “Heaven welcomed our angel.”

In an October 15 Instagram video, Burnham further shared that Baxter died after being diagnosed with diffuse midline glioma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.

In the clip, she told her followers that she and her husband first noticed something was wrong when Baxter — who she previously described as a “happy, perfectly healthy 4-year-old” — started crossing her left eye. Doctors initially thought he had strabismus, an eye disease in which an individual’s eyes are misaligned, and they planned to perform surgery on him to correct the problem.

But during an MRI before the operation, doctors discovered a brain tumor, turning their world upside down.

“We immediately asked ourselves, ‘What are our options?’ » ” Burnham recounted.

Baxter underwent surgery to remove part of the tumor; he started red light therapy and the family even traveled to Europe twice over the summer for treatments.

“We talked to any specialist — anyone who could follow our son’s case — and tried to figure out what our options were to get rid of this,” Burnham said. “It’s so difficult to watch your child go through something like this and you’re literally helpless. I mean, it’s every parent’s worst nightmare. And we’ve been living in this nightmare for six months.”

“He was so strong and such a fighter and he literally fought until the very last day,” the influencer continued. “I know in my heart he’s in a much better place.”

Burnham is known online by 96,000 followers on Instagram for sharing lifestyle, motherhood and cooking content. She and her husband, Bryce Burnham, are also parents to 1-year-old son Barron.

“From the moment you were born, you were always our dream come true,” the grieving mother wrote in her emotional message announcing the news of Baxter’s death. “You have the most perfect angelic face and the sweetest personality. You are always kind to everyone and always like to carry a car in each hand or a bag with you wherever you go.”

Jennifer continued, “You love your family, your cars, your chocolate chip cookies, karate and all your friends. You pick flowers for mom every day on our walks.”

“We miss you too much but we know that you are still with us every day, watching over mom, dad and your little brother Barron from heaven,” she concluded. “We love you always and forever.”

Jennifer and Bryce welcomed their first son on January 25, 2022, revealing the news in an Instagram post.

“Meet our newest family member: Baxter Scott Burnham!” »wrote the new parents at the time. “Born 01/25/22, 7 lbs 9 oz and 20.5” long. We are so in love! 💙”

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It has become a regular part of their content; Jennifer shared videos of him in his playroom, posing with their dog and next to his toys.

Marking Baxter’s first birthday, Jennifer shared a touching message to mark the special occasion, calling the year since his birth “the best of my life so far.”

“You and your dad are my favorite guys in the world,” she added at the time. They say the days are long but the years are short and I can’t believe how true that is. It’s like you were born yesterday and now you are ONE! I can’t wait to see what magic you create next year, my angel!”

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