After being hospitalized, Nick admitted he felt “blessed to be alive” because he might not be here to tell the story if doctors hadn’t
discovered he had lupus.
He said at the time: “[Lupus] is something I’m going to be living with all my life. I feel blessed to be alive. If it wasn’t discovered, I
don’t know.”
The former Nickelodeon star opening up about his battle with lupus comes after the tragic death of his 5-month-old son, Zen.
Nick sadly lost his youngest child last month when he died from brain cancer, which he was diagnosed with in August.
And Nick said telling his other children — also including 4-year-old son Golden, 12-month-old daughter Powerful Queen, and 6-month-old twins Zion and Zillion — was “pretty intense,” but his brood have helped him cope with the loss.
He said: “Having to explain that to 10-year-olds [Moroccan and Monroe] and a 4-year-old [Golden] is pretty intense. But their understanding and them being there for me probably helped me keep it together as well as really deal with it. Specifically, even, Roc and Roe. They were there for the entire journey.”
Nick — who had Zen with Alyssa Scott — was by his son’s side when he passed away on Dec. 5, and said being with Zen at the time was a “blessing.”
He added: “I see it as a blessing that I got to be there. Alyssa says, ‘I think he was just waiting for you.'”
