ago. Mack's drooling smile and Brice's soft grin captured the hearts of people on the internet, garnering over 80,000 interactions on Reddit.

But behind the heartwarming photo are more arduous battles Brice and his family have undertaken: no income, the struggles of raising three young kids and learning how to try to survive without health insurance.

A cancer diagnosis

The Udelhoven family welcomed their third child, Maelynn, on May 22.

In preparation for their growing family, Brice left his job of six years in April to join McAninch Corp. as a heavy equipment operator. They got a new home in Mingo so he could be closer to work.

But shortly after Maelynn was born, Brice started feeling sharp pains in his left hip.

When he went to the doctor, he was told he wastoo young for cancer. It must be an infection.

Without the proper diagnosis for the pain, the couple made emergency room visits with their newborn in tow. At the end of June, Margot pushed for a CT scan, which showed something abnormal.

A biopsy was scheduled. And then one morning, Margot saw a rare sight: Her husband was in tears because of the excruciating pain.

No more, she decided, and called his doctor. "I told him we had enough," Margot said.

Though the biopsy was scheduled for days later, she drove Brice to University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City that day.

An examination of a lymph node in his pelvic region showed cancer. Eight days later the diagnosis got worse. Despite being an adult, Udelhoven had a rare form of cancer known