Rick Telander/Sun-Times
When last I visited Steve McMichael in the spring of 2022, he was lying just like this.
That is, on his back, hands at his sides, his head supported by pillows, a feeding tube and a ventilator tube in his neck, immobile. Nothing much changes when you have late-stage amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), aka Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Your muscles and nerves steadily degenerate until you lose the ability to do almost anything but think and move your eyes.