The Hallmark Channel’s Mamie Laverock celebrated a milestone in her recovery after surviving a five-story fall from a hospital balcony in May.
The 20-year-old “When Calls the Heart” actress stood up and took her first steps in a video shared on her official Facebook page Friday.
“Thank you surgeon’s, thank you prayers, thank you Lord. Mamie has just taken her first steps,” the caption alongside the clip said.
As the video began, Laverock was sitting on a hospital bed with a patch over her left eye and both of her feet encased in aircast boots as two family members stood behind her before joining others who were behind the camera.
One medical staffer stood next to Laverock on her left side while another wheeled over a walker and placed it in front of her.
Laverock said, “I don’t know if I can still …”
“I’m here to help,” a staffer on her right told her.
The actress then placed her hands on the walker.
“So what you can do, you can even push off from the bed,” the same medic advised Laverock.
Laverock grabbed one of the walker’s arms and carefully stood up with her other hand on the bed as the group gathered behind the camera clapped and cheered.
“It feels really weird.”
— Mamie Laverock
“So, we’re just going to start and just get used to being upright because you haven’t been upright in a while,” the staffer told her.
“Yeah, I feel like I’m going to fall backward,” Laverock said.
“And you can just lean through the walker. That’s what it’s there for,” the medic told her.
Mamie was originally admitted to a hospital in Winnipeg, Canada, due to a “medical emergency” May 11, the GoFundMe stated. “Nicole was able to get there in time to save her life.
“Mamie has since been transferred to Hospital here in Vancouver. Her recovery is unclear at this time but she is alive and is showing signs of improvement.”
Two weeks later, her family wrote they were “devastated, in shock, at this intensely difficult time,” and wrote that Mamie was now on “life support.”
In June, Rockmann told the Los Angeles Times Laverock “opened her eyes” and is “doing well.”
“Let’s just hope this is the turnaround, and she’s going to get through this now. I couldn’t be happier that people reached out and cared. The story will be told,” Rockmann said.
On July 9, Laverock celebrated her 20th birthday at the hospital. She posted a photo of a balloon rainbow created by artist Evelyn Milanes, writing, “Thank you Evelyn. Your hard work and love created such beautiful balloon art.”
“My miracle birthday..somewhere over the rainbow,” she added.
The following day, Rockmann shared a photo in which she was hugging Laverock on her birthday.
“Mamie moved onto her stomach, pushed herself up and held onto me.. at that moment we realized we could have our first hug,” she wrote in the caption. “Thank you Rob for capturing this moment.”
Fox News Digital’s Tracy Wright contributed to this report.
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