ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease, affects as many as 30,000 Americans at any given time, with approximately 15 people being diagnosed every day. ALS patients generally survive only between 2 and 5 years from diagnosis, and many such patients are parents or grandparents to young children. A child whose loved one has been diagnosed with this disease may find it frightening, and may be unsure of what to expect as the disease takes hold of his/her parent,...