It was just days after being discharged from St. Clare's Mercy Hospital in St. John's when Asif Mahumud Prince found out he was going to be a father.

It was August 2022. The Memorial University student, originally from Bangladesh, had been diagnosed with metastatic thyroid cancer, and the prognosis was bleak.

“I was scared for my life. I was scared to be a father and then I'm scared about the baby. What am I going to do? Am I going to be in his life or not,” said Prince.

His doctor now considers his treatment to be palliative, and has told Prince he will likely only live two to three more years.

Prince's child is now two years old, and lives with his ex-girlfriend. The parents share custody, with Prince taking the child for scheduled parenting time a few days a week.

Too sick to stay

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