Nick Cannon's girlfriend shares emotional tribute to their baby son days after tragic death: 'I will love you for eternity'

Nick Cannon's girlfriend has broken her silence days after the tragic death of their baby boy from brain cancer.

Alyssa Scott shared a heartbreaking post to Instagram in tribute to their five-month-old son Zen, who on the weekend died from Hydrocephalus, a disorder that causes a build-up of fluid in the brain. 

"Oh my sweet Zen. The soreness I felt in my arm from holding you is slowly fading away. It's a painful reminder that you are no longer here," Scott wrote. "I caught myself looking in the backseat as I was driving only to see the mirror no longer reflecting your perfect face back at me.

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"When I close a door too loudly I hold my breath and wince knowing a soft cry will shortly follow. It doesn't come. The silence is deafening."

"These last 5 months we have been in this race together. We would hand the baton off to each other. You kept me going. It would be the middle of the night and you would smile at me. A surge of energy would fill my body and pure joy would radiate from within me.

"We were a team, both determined to see it through. It feels unbearable running without you now. I can't."

It was Cannon, 41, who announced the shock death on his eponymous talk show Nick Cannon. The TV personality also gushed about Scott in an emotional monologue.

"Zen's mum, Alyssa, was just the strongest woman I've ever seen. Never had an argument, never was angry," Cannon told the audience. "Was emotional when she needed to be, but always the best mum, and continues to be the best mum."

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