>>ZAC LASHWAY: FIGHTING TO DEFEAT AL ASKED THAT’S THE GOAL OF THE A L S ASSOCIATION
FLORIDA CHAPTER AND IN JUST 3
WEEKS YOU CAN JOIN IN ON THEIR
ONE OF A KIND OF WALK YOUR
WAY EXPERIENCE. JOINING US NOW
WITH MORE ON THE IMPACT THE
DISEASE CAN HAVE IS THE BUSH A
FAMILY WE HAVE. MELISSA WE
HAVE DAVID AND THEIR 3
DAUGHTERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR
WEEKEND IN COMING HERE TO TALK
TO US TODAY.
YOU KNOW FOR THE SEVERAL WEEKS HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH FOLKS THE
FLORIDA CHAPTER AND WE’VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THE WEEKS AHEAD
THIS IS VERY EXCITING BECAUSE
WE ARE JUST A FEW WEEKS
AWAY FROM THIS FIRST EVER WALK
YOUR WAY SORT OF WALK YOU GUYS WILL BE TO PARTICIPATING. MELISSA YOU
DAVID YOU ARE DIAGNOSED WITH A
LAST WHEN WALK US THROUGH YOUR
JOURNEY.
>> I MEAN THOSE BACK IN JANUARY
OF
2018.
OF 2018. >> AND IT ALL STARTED WITH
MUSCLE TERM IS IN MY ARMS.
AND FIRST I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT
WAS.
SO I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS
SOME SO OF
HARKIN SAYS SO THEN I GOT.
FFION TO SEE A
NEUROLOGIST AND HE TOLD ME WAS
A LISTEN. I STARTED DOING
RESEARCH FROM NOW.
HOW.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: QUICKLY WAS THAT
PROCESS
FROM THAT FIRST SIGNS AND
SYMPTOMS TO THE DIAGNOSIS HOW
LONG DID THAT TAKE. MANY
HAVE MONTHS TO HAVE LIGHTS.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: WE SHOULD
MENTION YOU’RE
A VETERAN AND YOU I WERE YOU IN
THE MILITARY AT THE TIME OF
THE DIAGNOSIS.
>> I WAS I WAS FRIENDLY.
ACTIVE DUTY, UH ARMY.
>> ACTIVE DUTY, ARMY AND YOU’RE
IN HAWAII AT THE TIME. YES,
MY UNDERSTANDING, I’M NOT SURE
WE HAVE ANY PHOTOS TO SHARE.
I KNOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AT
SOME POINT. YES HERE
WE ARE A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY YOU
HAVE YOUR EYE ON YOUR CHILDREN
WITH YOU IN THE LOBBY.
>> WE DID WE
HAD TO THE SEND THEM OUT
BECAUSE THE LET THE LITTLE ONE
WAS THAT YEAH THAT’S OK
THAT’S OKAY.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: AND DAVID YOU
CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION TOO.
>> BEING THAT YOU’RE YOU’RE THE
ONE LIVING WITH.
>> LOU GEHRIG’S A LAST.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM
BOTH OF YOU WHAT THIS
HAS DONE TO YOUR FAMILY.
>> QUITE AN TRYING TO EVERYTHING A MOM WE FOUND OUT HE WAS
DIAGNOSED, WE FOUND OUT IT WAS
2 MONTHS PREGNANT WITH THEIR
YOUNGEST AND IT’S A LITTLE YOU
KNOW DEFINITELY DRESS 6 LIFE
NOTHING REALLY SORT OF STARTED
HAPPENING UNTIL JUST THIS PAST
SEPTEMBER TO WHERE HE WAS
MOSTLY IN HIS CHAIR SO.
DEFINITELY
AN EXPERIENCE.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: DAVID BEING
SOMEONE WHO WE’RE LOOKING AT
THESE PHOTOS OF YOU AND I’M NOT
SURE IF YOU CAN
SEE THEM WHERE YOU ARE BUT
WE’RE SEEING YOU IN UNIFORM AND
WE’RE SEEING YOU WITH YOUR
CHILDREN AND YOUR
WIFE ANN. YOU KNOW YOU’RE
YOU’RE AT HAPPY HEALTHY MAN AND
YOU STILL ARE A HAPPY HEALTHY
MAN TO ICE, BUT YOU OBVIOUSLY
HAVE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF
THIS WHAT HAS THIS IN YOUR OWN
WORDS DONE
TO YOU.
>> AND HAS DONE A LOT AWAY FROM
SOMEONE THAT WAS.
>> NOW YOU’RE GOOD AGAIN.
>> HE WAS VERY ACTIVE. YOU KNOW LOVE TO DO CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW KEEP IS
DEFINITELY.
THEY YOU KNOW VERY ACTIVE AND
HE LEFT TO DO THINGS WITH HIS
KIDS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT
AND HE’S LUS.
ALL USE OF HIS UPPERS AND HIS
HAND SO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO
WITH OUR HANDS. AND JUST TAKE
IT FOR GRANTED BECAUSE HE CAN’T
ANYMORE. SO IT’S IT’S IT’S
HARD. IT’S HARD WE TRY TO JOKE
ABOUT IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN
RIGHT JUST TO KIND OF UP THE
PACE, THE KIDS UNDERSTAND.
BUT IT’S IT’S HARD
IT’S HIM AND YOU KNOW AND THEN
IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY WHEN IT’S
HARDER ON HIM.
>> WE’LL TELL YOU WHAT BEING A
VETERAN AND BEING
A DAD, YOUR DETERMINATION IS
DEFINITELY COMING THROUGH TODAY
AND YOU KNOW SEEING
YOU HERE AT OUR STUDIOS IN
TALKING ABOUT THIS AND WHAT
THIS HAS DONE TO YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY AND WHAT THIS MEANS TO
YOU YOU GUYS WILL BE
PARTICIPATING IN THE WALK
THAT’S HAPPENING ON AUGUST 1ST
IF PEOPLE WANT TO BE PART OF
YOUR TEAM. IF PEOPLE WANT TO
GET INVOLVED. HOW CAN THEY DO
SO.
>> YOU CAN GO ON OR THING.
>> AND SHE CAN’T EVEN REMEMBER I KNOW IT’S A LIST THAT WE HAVE A RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN TO
LET ME LET ME TRY TO HELP YOU
OUT IF YOU GO TO THEIR WEBSITE
WHICH IS
L S.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: DOT ORG SLASH
FLORIDA.
I BELIEVE DON’T CALL ME BUT
WHAT WE’LL DO IS WE’LL PUT THIS
LINK ON
OUR WEBSITE AND THIS WAY PEOPLE
CAN GO TO IT BUT WITHIN THAT
LAY WITHIN
THEIR SITE.
>> THEY CAN THEY CAN JOIN YOUR
TEAM, YES THEY CAN JOIN OUR
TEAM THAT CAN BE A VIRTUAL WALK
THERE THEY CAN COME IF THEY
LIVE NEAR AS THEY CAN COME TO
AND JOIN US IT’S ACTUALLY
MORGAN SECOND
BIRTHDAY ON SO ON AUGUST FIRST
AUGUST FIRST YEAH SO WORKS SO
WE’RE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING
THAT
AS WELL. AND WE’RE JUST GOING
TO DO RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR
HOUSE AND DO A LITTLE WALK
RIGHT OUT OF LAW IT’S PROBABLY
GOING TO BE HOT SO I DO A LOT
BUT AND DAVID YOU’LL BE THERE
RIGHT. OH YEAH. I
LOVE THAT.
>> WELL THANK YOU BOTH WE’RE
OUT OF TIME UNFORTUNATELY BUT
THANK
YOU BOTH. YOU KNOW YOU HAVE MY
NUMBER MICHELLE HAS MY NUMBER
PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH. IF
THERE’S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO
HELP OUT PLEASE LET US NOW AND