I live in Los Angeles, CA and am currently writing a feature film screenplay. Although I'm a first time writer (if you Googled me you won't find any credits), this is the real thing. I, and a good contact, will be pitching this script this summer and are trying to make this as realistic and professional as possible. And if it comes out on paper as good as it looks in my head, it's going to be a great movie. My main character suffers from ALS and I've been conducting research and reading this forum to try to gather as much information as possible. I really feel that if I'm able to make this character come alive, he will shed a new light and awareness on the fight against ALS. However, there is at least one question I can't seem to find an answer to:
Is there any situation during the course of ALS that would warrant a patient getting immediate medications or treatment to prevent death? Like with a strong allergy, someone would need an epi-pen shot or with diabetes, they would need insulin. From what I gather, ALS is a slow degenerative disease and I can't find anything immediate that might take place. The reason I ask is I've got one dynamic scene in mind and if I could link that with my character's ALS, it would be extremely compelling. If a patient came down with pneumonia or a cold and that, coupled with the weakness of breath associated with ALS, made it so hard to breath that he needed an inhaler or oxygen to stay alive, would that be plausible? Thank you so much for your help and I truly hope that my film will have a huge impact on the awareness of this disease.
Is there any situation during the course of ALS that would warrant a patient getting immediate medications or treatment to prevent death? Like with a strong allergy, someone would need an epi-pen shot or with diabetes, they would need insulin. From what I gather, ALS is a slow degenerative disease and I can't find anything immediate that might take place. The reason I ask is I've got one dynamic scene in mind and if I could link that with my character's ALS, it would be extremely compelling. If a patient came down with pneumonia or a cold and that, coupled with the weakness of breath associated with ALS, made it so hard to breath that he needed an inhaler or oxygen to stay alive, would that be plausible? Thank you so much for your help and I truly hope that my film will have a huge impact on the awareness of this disease.