(Updated 12:07 p.m.) Michele Fleming says losing a child to cancer is the "hardest possible thing you can imagine." Though Fleming is still reeling from the loss of her 18-year-old son Nathan, who lost his battle with cancer in 2019, she has used that grief to raise more than $300,000 toward childhood cancer research. "It's Michele Fleming says losing a child to cancer is one of the "hardest possible things you can imagine." Though Fleming is still reeling from the loss of her 18-year-old son Nathan, who lost his battle with cancer in 2019, she has used that grief to raise more than $300,000 toward childhood cancer research.