HE'S WALKING!!!

This is Mark. I visited Dwight at lunch today and he was beginning his daily rehab session with a nurse. Dwight asked if I would stay while Sue, Christine and the Piros went for lunch. The nurse said he was doing great in the initial exercises. Then came the big test: standing him upright. The first time Dwight stood up, but we were helping him keep his balance. After a quick rest, Dwight stood up again, this time with better balance. Then the nurse asked if he could take a few steps. The next thing you know, we're out of the room and in the hallway walking towards the next room! The nurse asked Dwight to sit and rest (I was following Dwight with a chair from behind). The nurse asked if Dwight was tired. He said, "No. Are you?" To which the nurse replied, "Actually, yes." We all smiled and then Dwight walked back to the room (with the nurse keeping him balanced from the front and me with a chair following him from behind)! At the end, the nurse said she had never seen someone who needed a lift to get out of bed the day before be able to walk the next day, let alone as much as Dwight walked! GOD IS CONTINUING TO SHOW US A MIRACLE! I told Dwight that he's the one in the hospital needing to get well, but I always leave feeling like I was made more well being in his presence. I'm so proud of my father-in-law and feel extremely blessed to have him in my life!