ALS Twins: Keeping Alex & Jaci's Legacy Alive
In a cruel twist of fate and genetics, two twins both lost their young lives to ALS. Here, I talk to their mother Lori Hermstad of Iowa who is speaking up to help keep their legacy alive. Lori lost her 2 twin daughters to ALS at 17 and 26. The youngest, Alex was diagnosed at 11, put on vent at 12, and died at 17. Eight years to the day that Alex died, Jaci was diagnosed at 25 and lived one year. They had no idea Jaci would get ALS too. I talked to Lori the week ...