Framing a Photo of Lou Gehrig’s Disease
People say that a picture says a thousand words, and the one about which I write says at least that many to me every time I look at it. Taken in the halls of Congress on May 16, 2007, it portrays nine Texans, each of them connected with ALS, the lethal condition best known for killing baseball legend, Lou Gehrig.
The ALS Background
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neuromuscular disease that causes the gradual but incessant wasting away of the muscles. It commonly starts with the limbs, impeding mobility. Next it typically moves to the bulbar muscles of the face and throat, impeding speech and eating. Finally it afflicts the pulmonary muscles, impeding breathing itself. The sum of the disease
