Luke's Website

Thank ya'll so much for keeping my friend's nephew, Luke, in your prayers. I talked to her a couple of days ago and she was on her way to spend about 10 days with him. In a weeks time (remember, he was swimming about 10 days ago when his Dad first noticed the slight problem)- he is now on a walker and almost in a wheelchair full time. Katie said the left side of his body is beginning to droop which is making it hard for him to talk. He is going to begin an experimental treatment next week at Johns Hopkins using arsenic, of all things. This has been used to treat leukemia, but is in the VERY early stages of trial in treating this kind of brain tumor. Katie said, if anything, it gives her family some sort of hope to hold on to and that is a Godsend! If it can't totally eradicate the tumor, it will hopefully prolong his life- I had no idea when I first posted about Luke, but Katie said without this potential treatment, with the tumor moving this fast, they only expected him to live a couple more months.

She set up a Caringbridge site for updates:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/lukecharton

I've asked her to find out if there is something he may like getting in the mail (she had mentioned he liked Pokemon cards)- she is going to find out this week and I hope to start sending him some mail because what kid doesn't like getting fun stuff in the mailbox! If anybody wants to send him a silly card, or Pokemon cards, or whatever- let me know and I will get his address to you!