smadi, hocking's an unbelievable person, his perseverance, intelligence, his brilliance, but this terribleisease. >> eric, but even more powerful than this is when you pay attention to this movie, you learn so much not just as a patient but also as a doctor. what is the message that we all learned from this? is that "the theory of everything." it's love is everything, life is everything and hope is everything, which is what you need as a doctor to take care of these patients. and without that, there's no chemotherapy, there's no medication that we can give to survive. so, it's a wonderful movie and a great message. what is als? ami amio tropeic. there's no nutrition to the muscles. and you saw the muscle spasm in that movie. they get twitches. and over time, they die from respiratory failure. a lot of times, two to five years is the period. in this particular case, he went on for over ten years, which is very unusual. and so, you know, it's the message that this whole ice challenge brought in, brought this disease to the surface, and we are learning a lot from this. the good news, let me j