Baby Nathaniel loses cancer fight

Two-year-old Nathaniel Wilson, who had been bravely fighting stage three cancer, has lost his battle.

The heartbreaking news was confirmed on Tuesday afternoon after the toddler passed away at the Bustamante Hospital for Children in St Andrew. The grief has been overwhelming for his mother, Natalee Whyte-Wilson.

"Oh God, it hard," she said, struggling to contain her tears.

"Mi hug up Nattie yesterday (Tuesday) and mi seh 'Nats, mommy deh here, please come back'," added the mother who watched the hospital monitor flatline with his final breath.

Before he could even celebrate his first birthday, little Nathaniel was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a rare form of eye cancer that forever changed the course of his young life. What began as a faint glow in his left eye soon led to mounting concerns, and after repeated visits to doctors, the devastating truth was revealed.

His broken mother told THE STAR that her son was filled with life, despite his illness.

"I got a medical to do for him recently, and one of the questions was how do I describe my baby in three words," she related.

"I said bountiful... headstrong and determined. He was always happy," she said.

Struggling to come to terms with the loss of her baby, Whyte-Wilson said she is left to wonder if he was preparing her for his death when he recently told her, "'Mommy, I am tired'."

"How can a two-year-old tell you that he is tired and as an adult you just don't understand wha him tired mean?," she wondered aloud. "I didn't want to know that it was time for him to take everlasting rest," Whyte-Wilson said between tears.

Meanwhile, Sergeant Selvin Smith, the compassionate police officer who had raised more than $500,000 towards the baby's treatment, has been left heartbroken.

"It took me hours to gather the courage to call his mom," Smith shared.

"The day before, I had promised her that I'd be by her side until little man recovered. To make that promise and then have to call her with the news of his death - it's devastating," he said.

Baby Nathaniel was scheduled for another round of radiation, but was admitted to hospital on Monday as he had grown weak and stopped eating.

"I'm not a person who cries easily, but I cried this time," Smith admitted.

"Even this morning (Wednesday), I woke up hoping it was just a bad dream. But when I reached for my phone, reality hit me all over again. It hurts deeply," he caring cop said.