Debbie Wilson

Aug 10, 2024

He always had such a positive attitude and fought til the very end. My husband played baseball all through high school and college, he felt the ballpark was a second home. In 2018 he got to throw out the first pitch on ALS night at the Diamondbacks. Such a fantastic...

Meliton Avalos

Aug 10, 2024

Still surviving ALS one day at a time! Meliton Avalos was diagnosed with ALS in Oct 2011, first symptoms showed up in 2008. In 2017 he entered the hospital on Christmas eve we thought it was the beginning of the end..on Jan 3rd he was trached and had a feeding tube...

John Jackson

Aug 10, 2024

He didn’t get symptoms of ALS until the last ten years of his life. The last 3 years were the hardest. My father was a veteran. Served in the Vietnam War, Marine Corp. He didn’t get symptoms of ALS until the last ten years of his life. The last 3 years...

David LaForest

Aug 10, 2024

Around November of last year, I started to notice that my head was dropping and about half way through my day I could not hold it up at all. By the time I would get home from work I was exhausted from spending so much energy just trying to hold my head up. My name is...

Matthew Orman

Aug 10, 2024

Every time I put my flight gear on I think of him and know he’s there with me while I fly. In October 2014 I found out my father and best friend was diagnosed with ALS. I was stationed at the time at MCAS Miramar learning to fly the F/A-18 and at that moment, driving...