In February of 2001, Joe and Mary McHale took their gurgling, smiling, six month old son Danny in for a checkup. After ten minutes with the physician, they were informed that their happy little boy had a neuromuscular condition called Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and it was terminal. When Joe and Mary asked what could be done for little Danny, the physician said: “Nothing. Take him home and love him in the time you have left.” He wasn’t expected to see his first birthday. Unwilling to accept this prognosis,  the McHales called “Families of SMA” that afternoon. They were told: “Yes, there is hope.”  More