Being a firefighter, we collect for MDA regularly every year. Just seeing pictures of affected kids kills me. Many of you guys recall that about 5 and a half years ago, we had to rule out Leukodystrophy for my youngest. Like MUSCULAR dystrophy but it deals with the brain deteriorating. I had to ask myself when waiting for results.....Can I handle this?? I felt selfish..VERY selfish because it would be my Son going through it. I'm sure eventually, I would've manned up and faced it but I thank God EVERY day since the all clear that we did not. Those couple of months in the Spring of 2011 gave me an even more appreciation of ALL similar battles, be it MD, cancer or whatever. And a HUUUUUUGE salute to childrens hospitals and there staffs that have to face it EVERY day. So,yeah...When I see anything with MDA, EXTREME courage is what comes to my mind. And I mean EXTREME!!!