Reflections
by Larry Stogner
THANK YOU
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for the privilege
The words hit me like a punch to the gut. “You have ALS.” Wait, what? Your mind spins. Wheelchair. Ventilator. Feeding tube. Death. A most unpleasant scenario. Having just signed a new contract, I had been all set to anchor ABC 11 Eyewitness News for another three years. But there was this “voice thing” I had detected last summer. Words and phrases that had come easily for 40 years…were becoming difficult…a little slurred…and slow.
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photograph by ALEX BOERNER
