Heavy: Finding Meaning after a Terminal Diagnosis, A Young

Heavy: Finding Meaning after a Terminal Diagnosis, A Young Family's First Year with ALS

â€œThere is pain and suffering in this world, but there is also joy, and not just suffering here and joy there, but suffering and joy in the very same place.â€ Has your world gotten heavy? Are you or someone you love facing an unimaginable loss? Is time divided between â€œbeforeâ€ and â€œafter?â€ When Todd Neva saw a neurologist after experiencing weakness in his left arm, he and his wife, Kristin, were blindsided by devastating news: an ALS diagnosis. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrigâ€™s disease, is a progressive neuromuscular disorder that results in total paralysis and eventual death, usually in three to five years. In Heavy youâ€™ll find companions in pain and also companions in joy. An ordinary couple with two young children, once looking ahead to a lifetime of dreams together, Todd and Kristin know how heavy life can get. Their honest story, journeying through the first year after Toddâ€™s diagnosis, shares the perspective of both a person with a terminal diagnosis and a spouse. You will take heart for your own journey as this spirited family perseveres to find meaning, hold on to faith, and discover joy in the midst of pain.

Heavy: Finding Meaning after a Terminal Diagnosis, A Young Family's First Year with ALS