Vicky Myrick from Hope Mills, North Carolina, remembered the first time she saw her doctor.
“He immediately said, ‘the biopsy is not necessary. I’m 99% sure you have ALS,’” she recalled.
ALS is a neurodegenerative disease that impacts the motor neurons in the brain, the wires that connect the brain to the muscles throughout the body. It’s disabling and life-shortening, with no known cure. Myrick’s friends first noticed her foot drop in March 2024 — her difficulty lifting her foot caused an audible slap when she walked…