Speaking as a parent, I fully embrace the consensus that there isn’t anything a loving mother or father wouldn’t do for their child.

Perhaps it sounds cliché, but the day you welcome a son or daughter into the world, your life is quite literally changed forever. Priorities shift, motivations change, and at the end of every day you go to sleep knowing one immutable fact: your baby is the most important thing you will ever know.

With that in mind, it’s hardly surprising that many parents attempt to shift heaven and earth to ensure the happiness of their sons or daughters. Yet – fortunately, we may add – very few will ever encounter the heartbreaking decision one father from Mexico had to face while he was battling cancer.

The following story is one of profound sorrow, but it can also serve as testament to the unparalleled power of love, as well as being a tale of courage and undeniable inspiration…