05/02/2026
I do not do super personal posts often- I know that is not what you come here to see 🫣 but I'm going to share something that is quite personal at the moment. I promise it won't be a regular thing, but its important to me to get out there.
May is ALS awareness month. Up until last August I knew very little about ALS, and unless it has personally touched you, you may not know much either. There is no cure, and it is 100% fatal in 2-5 years.
Imagine - One spring you are out bouncing around your life having a grand old time, in your late 30s, and by fall you are in a wheelchair, by Christmas you are unable to move yourself from place to place without the use of equipment. By the following spring you are reaching the point where you rely on equipment just to breathe, your loved ones to help care for your every need... all while your brain stays 100% perfectly functional your body rapidly, and unforgivingly shuts down piece by piece. All you can do it try to stay strong and try to hope a cure will come, and you fight like hell because you have a child watching that has not even yet reached double digits.
That is just a tiny bit of what my sister and her family are facing. My brother in law was diagnosed with ALS in August. There have been home renovations to make the house handicapped accessible, vehicles sold and handicapped ones purchased, so many pieces of medical equipment, medications, schedules adjusted so she can still work and my nephew can still be a kid. So many things that there is no way to remember them all.
If you can, our family appreciates every share and every dollar you are able to donate. The expenses for this terrible disease pile up fast. Stephanie, CJ and Cooper are all far too aware that the time they have remaining together is short, any help to ease the financial concerns is beyond appreciated.
https://gofund.me/498cd37d2
If you wish to donate to the greater cause and research for a cure you can do that at www.als.org
On August 28th, 2025, my life was changed forever. My name is Cory Trent, and I have… Cory Trent needs your support for Support Cory Trent's Fight Against ALS