Very rarely do you meet someone with both a devastating disease and a contagious, ever present smile. FOX17's Stacy Case introduced you to this Smyrna woman during the Summer. Her story is so amazing, we feel it's worth a 2nd look. Every Friday night, you'll find Neva Gronowski at the Smyrna Bowling Alley, holes up, instructing husband Bob on just how to position the ball.

"She actually counts the boards from the dots that are there," says Bob Gronowski. "She's able to pick up spares and strikes."

Bob just helps her push the ball.

"He's my everything," says Neva Gronowski. "He always has been. He brings out the best in me."

The 46 year old started showing symptoms of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 4 years ago, about the time the couple was married.

"Neva is a jokester," says Bob. "She'd fall and I'd run around the car looking for her and she'd say I'm checking the undercarriage. She's dealt with it so well. It's horrible to watch."

The motor neuron disease shuts down muscle function, but ALS doesn't affect the 5 senses or the brain, so Neva is still working!

"As you can tell I'm the braun of the relationship," says Bob. "She's the brain. She's a business analyst. She writes code."

That is: computer code for Cinram Manufacturing.

"I design and write code based on customer requests," says Neva. "With my thumb."

It's the only thing that still moves. Bob props her hand with a pill bottle.

"During the day I like to feel that I'm fulfilling a need," says Neva. "I mean a lot of people depend on what I do."

The ever present smile says it all.

"We've prayed for a merry heart and that's what we get," says Bob. "I don't think you have to bring out a forensic kit to dust for the prints of God on our relationship. I'm willing to take care of her."Woman with ALS has Devastating Disease, Contagious Smile