SM 36 — "PATRICK GRANGE ALS AWARENESS DAY"

SENATEA MEMORIAL 36PROCLAIMING 53RDFEBRUARY LEGISLATURE5, - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2018 INTRODUCED"PATRICK BYGRANGE ClementeALS SanchezAWARENESS andDAY" BillIN B.THE SENATE.

O'Neill5 6WHEREAS, 8amyotrophic 10lateral Asclerosis, MEMORIALALS, PROCLAIMINGis FEBRUARYbetter 5,known 2018as "PATRICKLou GRANGEGehrig's ALSdisease; AWARENESS DAY" IN THE SENATE.

14and WHEREAS, amyotrophicALS lateralis sclerosis,a ALS,fatal neurodegenerative disease that is bettercharacterized knownby asdegeneration Louof Gehrig'sthe disease;cell bodies of the lower motor neurons in the gray matter of the anterior horns of the spinal cord;

and WHEREAS, ALSthe isinitial asymptom fatalof neurodegenerativeALS disease that is eweakness t 17 characterized by degeneration of the cellskeletal bodiesmuscles, ofespecially thethose lower w l n d 18 motor neurons in the gray matter of the anteriorextremities; horns of the = = 19 a l spinal cord;

and i a e r 20 WHEREAS, theas initial symptom of ALS isprogresses, weakness of the apatient texperiences mdifficulty min 21swallowing, skeletaltalking muscles,and especiallybreathing; those of the extremities;

and dWHEREAS, rALS eeventually 22causes WHEREAS,muscles asto ALSatrophy, progresses,and the patient experiencesbecomes ca efunctional squadriplegic; k 23 difficulty in swallowing, talking and breathing;

and eWHEREAS, ALS does not affect a npatient's bmental 24capacity, WHEREAS,so ALSthe eventuallypatient causesremains musclesalert toand atrophy,aware of the patient's loss of motor functions and of the uinevitable [outcome patientof becomescontinued adeterioration functionaland quadriplegic;death;

and .209462.1 WHEREAS, ALS does not affect a patient's mental capacity, so the patient remains alert and aware of the patient's loss of motor functions and of the inevitable outcome of continued deterioration and death;

and WHEREAS, research indicates that military veterans have a fifty percent greater risk of developing ALS than those who SM 36 have not served in the military;

and Page 1 WHEREAS, ALS has no known cause, no means of prevention and no cure;

and WHEREAS, in 2010, soon after his twenty-eighth birthday, former university of New Mexico lobo and Albuquerque high school soccer star Patrick Grange was diagnosed with ALS, e e 17 making him the youngest ALS patient in New Mexico;

and e e n d 18 WHEREAS, as a senior, Pat led the Albuquerque high school = = l ] 19 bulldogs to a district 1-5A championship title;

and a l r i 20 WHEREAS, Pat was the first soccer player to be inducted t e a t into the Albuquerque high school athletic hall of fame;

and m m 21 e d r e 22 WHEREAS, as a senior at the university of New Mexico, Pat c e r c 23 started in all twenty games for the lobos' men's soccer team, e a n b 24 was third on the team in scoring and scored two goals in the u [ national collegiate athletic association tournament;

and .209462.1 - 2 - WHEREAS, despite fighting this terrible disease as hard as he could, Pat died of ALS on April 10, 2012;

SM 36 Page 2 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that February 5, 2018 be proclaimed "Patrick Grange ALS Awareness Day" in the senate;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be transmitted to the interim legislative health and human e e 17 services committee.

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