When a 6-year-old boy rapidly gained weight, doubling in a year during the COVID lockdown, his mother assumed it was due to lack of exercise and overeating. But soon, the family received the devastating diagnosis of an incurable cancer that took his life.
Luke Poga, from a town in southern Hertfordshire, England, was diagnosed with diffuse midline glioma (DIPG), a type of tumor that grows in the brain and spinal cord. While DIPG can be benign or cancerous, Luke's tumor in the brain stem was inoperable and aggressive cancer.
