November 4th
Mood: good
Listening to: nothing
Today i accually woke up on time for work. Well i woke up at 9:11 this mourning my bus came at 9:25 so i had time to get ready. It doesn't really take me long. ~It is really cold out side today it was when i was waiting for the bus. I think that it is getting warmer though. Just check my pixie it'll tell you how cold it is.
My step dad's doctors were at my moms house this mourning checking him out and they gave him his flu shot. I'm really worried that he is going to get the flu or somthing to make things worse for him. He has a disease called ALS
My dad's form of ALS is "Familial" ALS (FALS) means the disease is inherited. Only about 5 to 10% of all ALS patients appear to have genetic or inherited form of ALS. In those families, there is a 50% chance each offspring will inherit the gene mutation and may develop the disease.
What is ALS?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive neuromuscular disease.
ALS is characterized by a progressive degeneration of motor nerve cells in the brain (upper motor neurons) and spinal cord (lower motor neurons). When the motor neurons can no longer send impulses to the muscles, the muscles begin to waste away (atrophy), causing increased muscle weakness.
ALS does not affect impair a person's intellectual reasoning, vision, hearing or sense of taste, smell and touch. In most cases, ALS does not affect a person's sexual, bowel or bladder functions.
ALS is often referred to as a syndrome because the disease becomes apparent in various patterns. ALS occurs rarely and spontaneously. Currently, there is no cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Making it a fatal disease!
