You've seen the countless videos of people dumping ice-water on themselves on the internet haven't you? Some say it's stupid while others fully embrace it as a fun way to bring awareness to a terrible disease. Everyone has heard of Lou Gehrig's disease right? ALS, the abbreviation for the medical term is a HORRIFYING disease. You can survive it for a long time, but end up a quadriplegic confined to a chair, unable to speak, or even swallow food correctly. I saw a video of a man in that same condition, take the ice bucket challenge. He described it as your body locking itself around a fully functioning brain. Imagine the absolute horror of having full cognitive thought, with NO way to really communicate with the outside world, move, or even feed yourself. It would be excruciating.
Take a look at this video...you'll cry before the end of it I'm sure. To date, it's at $41.8 MILLION dollars donated compared to just over $2 million last year. This is with almost 740,000 new donors thanks to the ice bucket challenge.
This guy might not get help in his lifetime...but maybe we can help the countless others in theirs.
Go here to donate:
ALS Association
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