♦ Sunday, 2011 October 2, on the twelfth anniversary of the accident in which Shawn met Steel, Shawn jumped a few inches off of the ground a fair number of times during a celebratory church service at Harvest Family Church.

♦And, at the start of the singing in said celebratory service, Shawn pseudo-jogged (ie "gimped":) fairly quickly (:to him:) around the inside of the church a couple of times (in the Pentecostal tradition of "running around the church").

- Note that this was done despite many doctor's prognoses twelve years ago that Shawn would never walk again, or be able to take care of himself, and so on. Furthermore, Shawn was even proscribed never to jump or even pseudo-jog again within six years of that Sunday's miraculous showings. -

What it takes: See the Stellar Assistance Providers list on the homepage for an idea of some of the people, organizations, and Power that have gone into this cool recovery so far.

In addition, this recovery takes much work from Shawn. Here's some of the recovery work Shawn did the week before 2011/10/02's 12-year anniversary:

09/26 Monday--

07:45  [streets near home]  15m

walked a bit faster than a "normal" person's pace (!).
shuffle-jogged for ~50 yards twice.

10:15  [Fitness Road]  45m  (Coach Robert DiCicicco)

kickboxing bagwork: 4min rounds, 30sec rest between. hits and kicks. combos of up to 15 moves.

11:45  [Mueller Graphic Design]  4h  (Dan Mueller)

vocational rehab internship: web development/programming.

09/27 Tuesday--

14:00  [Sanctuary: A Healing Place]  1.5h  (David Jecmen PhD)

psychological & existential assistance.

17:00  [Fitness Road]  1h  (Brain Trainer Natalie Ceballos)

tossed little bouncing balls and hand-sized beanbags while standing on a balance board or marching. +counted by 4s forward then backward at certain points in certain exercises.

09/28 Wednesday--

10:15  [Fitness Road]  45m  (Coach Robert DiCicicco)

rope and tire work, incl 120 reps of squatting and popping back up while whipping long 20lb rope above my head, at least going up on toes at the top end, jumped a couple inches off the ground on at least 40 reps. also, swung a sledge hammer against a tire low, then up and around and over my head and back down on the tire for 80 reps.

11:45  [Mueller Graphic Design]  4h  (Dan Mueller)

vocational rehab internship: web development/programming.

09/29 Thursday--

11:30  [Earnhardt Toyota Service]  2h

wrote outline of things to say at the celebratory service for the 12-year anniversary of the accident (which attendees will tell you was barely followed:).

09/30 Friday--

09:15  [Coach's garage]  45m  (Coach Robert DiCicicco)

kickboxing bagwork: (weighted gloves throughout, ankle weights at times) 4min rounds, 30sec rest between. hits and kicks. combos of up to 12 moves.

12:00  [Mueller Graphic Design]  2h  (James Goodman)

vocational rehab internship: web development/programming. (time includes [intentional] 20m nap.:)

10/01 Saturday--

11:45  [Step in Time, Scottsdale]  1.5h

facilitated 1h NA meeting.

20:00  [home]  30m

more notes for what to say at 12-year anniversary's celebratory service (which we all know were little used:).

10/02 Sunday--

10:00  [tent, Harvest Family Church]  1.5h  (15 adjuvants attended:)

Celebratory service: Shawn vs Steel 12-year accident anniversary
  • pseudo-jogged a fair distance
  • jumped a few inches off of the ground a good # of times