Six-time Olympic swimming champion Amy Van Dyken-Rouen stood up on her own and walked with the aid of a walker and a device attached to her legs and midsection Thursday, showing more progress in recovery from her ATV accident June 6.
The device was an Indego exoskeleton, Van Dyken-Rouen confirmed on Twitter.
Van Dyken-Rouen severed her spine in the ATV accident. She was released from a Colorado hospital last Thursday, when she said she felt “1,000 times better.”
Van Dyken-Rouen, 41, said she felt sporadic movement below her belly button in an interview with TODAY’s Matt Lauer aired June 27, giving her some hope she may regain some feelings in her legs one day.
Standing up for the first time on my own in 2 1/2 months. http://t.co/9dGOcT8RSC
— Amy Van Dyken-Rouen (@amyvandyken) August 21, 2014
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Here it is...I'm WALKING!!! #onestepatatime #itcouldhappen http://t.co/21oDtk0JSr
— Amy Van Dyken-Rouen (@amyvandyken) August 21, 2014
http://instagram.com/p/r-KEBEtZd3/
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*Correction: An earlier version of this story said Van Dyken-Rouen walked with the aid of a walker and failed to mention the device attached to her legs.