Hi, you guys.
Hey.
I'm so happy to see you both.
How are you feeling, Eric?
I'm feeling good.
I'm a little over a year diagnosed now.
But I feel good.
I'm grateful to be here and grateful to have another day.
And yeah.
I'm just happy to see you.
Well you look great.
You both look great.
I know a lot has happened since we saw you in February.
You bought a house.
Yes, we did.
We bought a home in San Pedro.
And it's just really great to be close to our family
and our friends and to be in this amazing neighborhood
with this community.
We're just so grateful.
We went from a little apartment to this home.
And it's what we've always wanted, to start a family.
And--
Yeah, and we couldn't have done it
without you and your support.
You made it possible.
So--
I'm so happy that we could and that Shutterfly would
step up and help like that.
And you have some exciting news to share.
Yes, we are welcoming a baby girl in January.
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We can't wait.
In January, right?
Yes.
Yeah.
You're due on the sixth, but if you hold off till the 26th,
we'd share the same birthday.
Oh, I might try to do that.
All right.
See if you can.
It would just be fun to have the same birthday.
Eric, you must be so excited to be a dad.
Yeah, I'm super excited.
And also, a little nervous, obviously, because what
my future may hold.
But I just really want to be there for her,
and I want to help raise her, and I
want to watch Amanda just be the incredible mom
that I know she'll be.
You're preparing for a baby, but also, you're
trying to get a bill passed that has the potential
to save Eric's life.
Explain what that is.
And tell us how we can help.
Yeah, so our number one priority right now is this bill.
It's called the Act for ALS.
And it's a bipartisan legislation.
And it would provide funding to allow Eric and other patients
access to these treatments that are stuck in the clinical trial
process.
And right now is a really unique time for ALS.
There are many promising treatments that could help him
and many others slow down this progression.
Even stop it, reverse it.
And these are years and years that Eric and ALS patients
don't have.
So we're working really, really hard
on this along with organizations like I Am ALS,
and really, the whole ALS community,
to push Congress to support this bill, to pass this bill.
And it would revolutionize how, not only ALS is treated,
but all neurodegenerative diseases, which
affect millions in our country.
So we've been working really, really hard on this.
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That's fantastic.
If you want to help, and I know you do,
go to our website to find out how
you can help Eric and Amanda in the fight against ALS.
We have to take a break, and more with Eric and Amanda
when we come back.
Eric, I said, you're looking forward to being a dad.
And I am sure that this is giving you
strength to just keep fighting every single day.
Yeah, I mean we're so thankful for all the love, the support
that we're receiving from our family and our friends
and you and the community.
And this ALS, for me, we've been thrown into it
and there's just so many good people with ALS
who are fighting for this disease
and trying to make this right and to keep going
and to keep fighting.
Good.
Well I know you will, and I know that everybody
that is hearing this is going to help and do everything they
can to get that bill passed.
It's going to be hard to have a baby shower, right?
Yeah, I know.
Right now, it's planned for the end of November.
But with COVID, we don't know what's going to happen.
It might have to be over Zoom.
So maybe you could come.
Well let's have one now.
We're Zooming now.
And why don't you head outside?
What?
Just go outside.
What.
Oh my gosh.
Oh my God.
All right.
There's a whole bunch of stuff in the yard,
and it's all wrapped.
So you're not going to be able to see it.
But what's in there is a stroller,
a high chair, a car seat, baby clothes, ED by Ellen,
blankets, swaddles.
There's a lot of stuff.
There's a gift card from Shutterfly.
If you look at that and flip that around,
you'll see that Shutterfly wants to help celebrate this moment
by giving you $10,000.
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What!
Thank you so much.
We love you both, and we are here for you always.
Love seeing you two.
All right.
You're welcome.