As im sure all of you know, there has been quite a few crazes in the past, say, 6months, e.g. cinnamon challenge, 7 second challenge and the neck nomination etc. Some are more ridiculous than the others. but the #ALSIceBucketChallenge is better than the rest. It actually has a purpose and helps others who suffer from ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) definition '' is a motor neurone disease (MND) with various causes. It is characterised by muscle spasticity, rapidly progressive weakness due to muscle atrophy, and difficulty in speaking, swallowing and breathing. ALS is the most common of the five MND. ''
Yesterday I watched a video that my friend recommended to me. The video showed a man who had ALS running in the family, his grandmother and mum had it, and he has just been diagnosed in his mid 20's. He already has loss of feeling in his fingertips. He explained that he will soon lose feeling in his arm and then it will spread across his body.
He also showed his mum on the video, it showed him caring for her, he had to feed her through pipes and had to help her up. She couldn't move her head or any part of her body but her eyes. - that's when I started tearing up. To know that those with the disease can only move their eyes, and cant do the simple tasks that we can do for example, breathing.
I will be taking part in the #ALSIceBucketChallenge.
I will also donate towards the charity, probably not a lot as im only 15, but as much as I can afford.
I am going to be stood up for the challenge and will have several buckets thrown at me from all different angles. Just to ensure that I at least feel some of what they do.
I will write another post about the experience and how much I donated with a picture. so keep an eye out for that, it should be in about two weeks.
so, Adios Amigo!xo
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