STANDING TALL ON ONE LEG by Kathy Soukup and Joel Soukup

As Joel Soukup and his mother, Kathy, face a devastating diagnosis for Joel, they learn to lean on each other and find hope where there is often none.  Joel, as a young man in high school, goes from a carefree, athletic life to one filled with doctors, hospitals and decisions that completely change his life.  Through it all, Joel never gives up and with his mother by his side, renews his determination to come out the other side and enjoy life.

 

Kathy Soukup is Joel’s mother and gives her perspective as a mother, facing one of the scariest things a mother will ever face – the mortality of her child.  While Kathy gives her side of it, she also provides the medical side of it.  Joel also authors this book, telling what he is thinking and feeling from the time of his diagnosis, through the treatments.  It is rare to see a situation like this from both perspectives and it feels like a privilege to get to see both sides in this book.