Jim Plews-Ogan

Aug 10, 2024

Now my family and I confront many of the same challenges that my patients taught me how to face with dignity, tenacity, and good humor. I’m a retired pediatrician who spent a good part of my career caring for children with medical complexity and disability. Now...

Peggy MacDonald

Aug 10, 2024

I was very active and healthy until this. I was diagnosed December 21, 2022. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I had an MRI and EMGs done to confirm the diagnosis. I’m currently on two medications, Riluzole and Relyvrio and will start another medication this...

Steve Rudolph

Aug 10, 2024

The saving grace is that I have a very slowly progressing version of the disease. Most people would not know that I have ALS unless they look at the twitching in my biceps. I was diagnosed with ALS about 2 years ago. I am 63 years old in the prime of life when I found...

Laura Triplett

Aug 10, 2024

I am not afraid to hope anymore. Hola and Aloha, My name is Laura Velasquez-Triplett, I am a native Texan who was married in Hawai’i and fell in love with the Aloha Spirit. Before ALS I was in mortgage lending for eighteen years, when the market crashed, I decided to...

Lindsey Heiser

Aug 10, 2024

I remember my sister and brother coming up to me and asking what my father was like when he was healthy. My father has had ALS for 15 years. Growing up I was fortunate enough to see my father in his “healthy” stage. I remember my sister and brother coming up to me and...