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Juana Summers

He was diagnosed with ALS. Then they changed the face of medical advocacy

Brian Wallach and Sandra Abrevaya at their home in suburban Chicago. (Jamie Kelter Davis for NPR)

On a recent crisp June night, as the Chicago Cubs prepare to take on the Pittsburgh Pirates, fans dressed in blue pack Wrigley Stadium's famous bleachers.

Sitting in his wheelchair, 42-year-old Brian Wallach looks out over the park, rooting for a very particular outcome that has nothing to do with baseball.

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