About Marcy
In early 2000 my wife, Marcy, was running and winning 5 and 10K races. She was room mother and brownie troop leader for our daughter and soccer mom for our son. In August of 2000, she was diagnosed with ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. This is a motor neuron disease which doctors say is always fatal. 50% of patients die within 3 years of diagnosis.
October of 2000 Marcy had to resign her executive director position at Happy Tales Humane - the no kill animal shelter she helped start in Franklin, TN. She stopped walking Thanksgiving of 2001, had to get a feeding tube to eat September of 2002, and since March of 2003 has been quadriplegic and on a ventilator in our living room at home. As Marcy’s caregiving took more and more of my time, I had to leave the advertising agency I helped start. Caring for Marcy is now my 24/7/365 job.