Having to watch your child suffer is an unimaginable pain.
When Vance was only 16, he was diagnosed with cancer.
A year to the day after that diagnosis which included 28 rounds of chemotherapy Vance was cancer-free.

Love you son."
Philips commented on her husband’s post with a short but sweet message: “Our baby.
Our hero” (viaUSA Today).

In 2020, Billy shared a carousel onInstagramof Vance’s basketball pics over the years.
That quick-thinking, positive mentality surely helped him during his cancer battle.