LSU head coach Les Miles has stayed in touch with Sid Ortis, a 16-year-old with cancer he personally invited to the LSU-Auburn game in September.

According to Al.com, Ortis’ condition has worsened and he has moved from the hospital to hospice care at his Mountain Brook, Ala., home. Miles gave him a call on Wednesday and the two discussed Saturday’s game against Western Kentucky. Miles also said he would help Ortis get to the LSU-Alabama game on Nov. 7 if possible.

From Al.com:

As Miles lauded Western Kentucky's running back, Sid did what few probably have the nerve to do, and that is interrupt the coach mid-sentence. "We have a decent running back also,'' Sid told the coach, at which point Miles laughed and said, "We have a really good running back, not decent, we have a great one."

Miles, who previously told Sid ""Life is not how long you live, but how well you live it," told the teen today, "When you get to Heaven, save a spot for me." Sid told him he hoped to live long enough to watch the Alabama vs. LSU game in Tuscaloosa on Nov. 7. Miles said he would help Sid get to the game if possible, and Sid's parents, Scott and Lynn Ortis, are all for that. "If he's alive and up for it, we'll take him wherever,'' Lynn Ortis said. "Sid gets whatever he wants right now."

Ortis was diagnosed with bone cancer in Aug. 2014 after feeling tightness in his knee after a basketball camp. When his parents took him to get it checked out, he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma. He underwent chemotherapy and had his knee and part of his femur replaced.

Doctors later found spots on his lung, which revealed an aggressive form of cancer. With Ortis out of medical options, the family made the decision to take him home on Sunday.

"I was really scared about coming home, but it's been the best thing we ever did," said Lynn Ortis, his mother. "It's been beautiful. There's been so much peace here."

Miles gave Ortis his cell phone number and told him he could call or text any time. Miles also told Ortis that he would call in a few days to check in on him.

“It perked Sid up and he felt good,” said Scott Ortis, Sid’s father. “It’s just neat that he cares, and he does. It’s pretty cool.”

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