‘It is Been a Nice Trip’

In response to his obituary, the Fredericton native handed away on March 30 “together with his mother, dad and brother holding his fingers.” Gilks was recognized for his uplifting movies on TikTok the place he shared his firsts and lasts and ultimately amassed over 300,000 followers.

In November 2020, the teenager was first identified with rhabdomyosarcoma, a uncommon type of most cancers commonest in kids that kinds in delicate tissue. Per CBC, his most cancers had proven indicators of remission in February 2022, till the illness returned and docs thought-about Gilk’s situation terminal.

That June, Harrison took to TikTok the place he introduced he can be beginning a sequence that documented his journey crossing off issues on his bucket record.

“This is not the traditional kind of stuff I publish, however came upon right this moment, or it was type of confirmed to me, that I’ve terminal most cancers,” he stated. “The rationale I am making this and I am placing it out there’s I might prefer to make slightly sequence … I am gonna exit and do a bunch of stuff that I’ve all the time needed to do.”

Shortly after his demise, his brother David broke the information on Harrison’s TikTok account and thanked his followers for his or her never-ending help.

“I am making this video as a result of Harrison sadly handed away a couple of hours in the past. He was not in ache when he handed away and he was together with his household,” he shared. “I simply needed to return on right here and say thanks to all people world wide for his or her help and encouragement. It actually did imply rather a lot to him.”

Harrison’s final replace to the platform was on March 21, the place he knowledgeable his followers he had skilled a couple of issues throughout his newest journey to Mexico.

“So Mexico, we completed off by simply having fun with the solar, doing purchasing and stuff like that,” he stated in a video recorded from his hospital mattress. “I had some issues in the course of the journey which weren’t too unhealthy. I used to be in a position to handle and nonetheless have a good time, sit and lay round within the solar and keep snug.”

The TikToker defined that his physique started to “give out” the day he returned from his travels. He was ultimately transported by way of ambulance to the hospital the place he acquired remedy.

“I do not know how you can say it apart from the most cancers [has] unfold,” Harrison continued, revealing that the most cancers had unfold into his lungs and liver. “The docs stated I don’t have a number of time left and the probabilities of me going residence … very slim. I will be within the hospital for in all probability the rest of no matter time I’ve left, which is clearly very upsetting.”

“It has been an ideal trip with you guys on the bucket record,” he concluded. “Bucket record sequence performed, I assume.”

Gilk’s last adventures included journeys to Toronto, Montreal, New York, Tampa and Los Angeles to go to SoFi Stadium — residence of the Los Angeles Rams.