00:00My days look completely different than they used to.
00:03ALS has taken away a lot of my independence, especially with my arms and hands,
00:09so I need help with things I never would have thought twice about before.
00:16I'd be in the gym and notice my right hand wasn't as strong as it had always been.
00:23I couldn't grip or lift the way I normally could, and it just didn't feel right.
00:28I mentioned it to Brittany a few times, but we both figured maybe I had pinched a nerve
00:35or it was just wear and tear from playing football for so many years.
00:39It wasn't until we were taking the kids on spring break and we were riding in the car.
00:47I'll never forget.
00:48He mentioned that the Stanley Cup that he always carried around for water was really heavy to him.
00:56He felt like when he drunk a couple sips of water, he needed to put the cup down.
01:00And that's when I really felt like, that is weird because, you know, yeah, it has a little weight to
01:06it,
01:06but nothing that you should have to put down, you know, after a couple sips.
01:10I could tell that really scared her.
01:12It was the first time either of us realized this wasn't just an old football injury.
01:17From that moment on, Brittany went into action.
01:19She started calling every doctor she knew and made it her mission to figure out what was going on.
01:26Looking back now, that conversation with my Stanley Cup was really the moment everything changed.
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