About 5,000 people in this country are diagnosed each year. There aren't as many of us because we don't live as long, usually two to five years. Last year, Jerry was still golfing, still mowing his big yard in Montgomery. Today, he is in a wheelchair, as ALS makes its inexorable way up his body. This is one time I hate being an overachiever.
Fingers curl into loose fists.
He can't use his hands and arms much. Right before you came, the Gate of Heaven guy left, so we got that out of the way. The universal sign. He does not seem to need the reminder. Nor does Judy, on leave from her job as principal of Mariemont Junior High School.