Luke does a lot of suffering and has been in and out of hospitals in St. Louis, Louisville, Ky. and Chicago. Behcet's Disease is a chronic, life-long disorder that causes the inflammation of small blood vessels throughout the body. It manifests with such a confusing array of symptoms in so many parts of the body, it was hard to diagnose. It is a multi-system disease and attacks can last a few weeks each, with intervals of weeks or months. Most patients are usually 20 years or older.
Oral ulcers are common, but larger ulcers can actually turn into vascular aneurysms.
Painful arthritis comes about. Some portions of his treatment are covered by insurance others are not. The family has some benefits which were held in Kentucky, but will not cross over for treatment in Illinois and vice-versa. He is the son of Bambi Maxton Howard and David Lombardo. His mother gave up her job to care for Luke.