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Luke celebrated his first birthday on July 6, 2006. His party was filled with cake, presents and laughter as proud parents Bill and Suzanne looked on with joy. Just days later, doctors informed Bill and Suzanne with Luke’s heart-wrenching diagnosis: a brain tumor. Doctors discovered a rare cancer in Luke’s soft tissue called PNET (primitive neuroectodermal tumor), which affects approximately 3 in 100,000 children.
On August 14, 2006, Luke had brain surgery performed at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Doctors were able to remove about 80% of the tumor. Since then, Luke has undergone numerous painful procedures. He had a shunt inserted in his head to alleviate the building pressure of fluid on his brain, a spinal tap and bone marrow test, as well as a catheter placed in his chest for administering medicine and drawing blood. He has begun chemotherapy treatments in an attempt to shrink and potentially eliminate the remaining cancer.
For current information on Luke’s condition and to post messages to the Gilligan and Flanagan Families to show your support, please visit www.carepages.com. Registration is free and the CarePage name is “LukeThomasGilligan” (no spaces).
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