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Join Telegram ChannelHallmark 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 to her official Facebook page on Friday.
“Thank you surgeons, thank you prayers, thank you Lord. Grandma just took her first steps,” the caption of the clip reads.
Hallmark Channel actress Mamie Laverock stood up and took her first steps after surviving a fall from a five-story hospital balcony. (Everett Collection/Facebook of Mamie Laverock)
At the beginning of the video, Laverock sat on a hospital bed with a left eye patch and both of her feet encased in Aircast boots as two family members stood behind her before joining others who were behind the camera.
Hallmark actress 'opened her eyes' after surviving fall from 5-story hospital balcony: 'Her body was shattered'
A medical staff member stood next to Laverock on her left side while another rolled 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 staff member to his right told him.
The actress then placed her hands on the walker.
“What you can do is even push yourself out of bed,” the same doctor advised Laverock.
Laverock grabbed one of the walker's arms and carefully lifted himself up onto the bed with his other hand as the group gathered behind the camera clapped and cheered.
The TV star smiles.
“Here’s to staying upright,” she said.
Laverock was placed on life support after the accident. (Mamie Laverock's GoFundMe campaign)
“It’s really weird,” Lavarock added. “It’s really weird.”
“How do your feet feel?” one of the medical workers asked Laverock.
“It's very unstable,” she replied.
“It's kind of like wearing ski boots,” one of Laverock's family members remarked.
“Yes, that’s true,” she agreed.
“Could you at least spread your feet a little bit there?” the doctor asked from his right.
“Oh my God, ski boots are really hard,” Laverock said with a nervous laugh. Then she wiggled her knees and looked up with a smile.
“So could you put all your weight on the right and a little bit on the left,” the doctor said.
Turning to the doctor on his left, Laverock said, “I'll just hold your hand just in case.”
One of Laverock's family members told Laverock that they were now in contact via FaceTiming with his father, John.
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“It’s really weird.”
“So we're just going to start and get used to being on our feet, because it's been a while since we've been on our feet,” the employee told him.
“Yeah, I feel like I'm going to fall backwards,” Laverock said.
“And you can just lean through the walker. That's what it's for,” the doctor explained.
The “Killing Game” actress then looked at the camera and asked, “Is dad on FaceTime?”
“Hi, Dad,” she said, smiling, as her father replied, “Hi, honey.”
“Look, I’m standing with the walker,” she told him. “All by myself.”
Laverock stepped forward with his left foot and took a few more steps.
“Oh my God! Moving feet. Moving feet!” one family member exclaimed at the end of the video.
The actress has been starring in “When the Heart Has Its Reasons” since 2014. (Everett Collection)
According to a GoFundMe page set up by her family in May, Laverock was put on life support after falling from a balcony weeks after an undisclosed “medical emergency.” The page is no longer accepting contributions.
At the time, her family wrote on the page: “Her body was broken. She has undergone two 11-hour surgeries with two doctors caring for her, one three-hour surgery and another one today. We have nothing but gratitude to the doctors and nurses who have been exemplary in her care since May 26th.”
They added that Mamie is “enduring enormous pain” but “continues not to give up.”
“We can only hold on to the miracles of each day and continue to thank everyone for their prayers and marvel at the miracles of her story,” they shared online. “Our daughter loves her life and loves her family and fights hard every day.”
Laverock had been undergoing intensive treatment for two weeks before her fall and was “escorted from a secure unit of the hospital and taken to a catwalk on a balcony from where she fell from the fifth floor”.
“She suffered life-threatening injuries, underwent multiple major surgeries and is currently on life support,” her mother, Nicole Rockmann, and stepfather, Rob Compton, previously shared.
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Granny was initially admitted to a hospital in Winnipeg, Canada, Due to a “medical emergency” on May 11, the GoFundMe said, “Nicole was able to arrive in time to save his life.”
“Mamie has since been transferred to hospital in Vancouver. Her recovery is not yet certain, but she is alive and showing signs of improvement.”
Laverock's mother celebrated her first hug with her daughter since her fall. (Mamie Laverock's Facebook)
Two weeks later, her family wrote that they were “devastated, in shock, at this extremely difficult time” and wrote that Mamie was now on “life support”.
In June, Rockmann told the Los Angeles Times that Laverock “has opened his eyes” and is “doing well.”
“Let's just hope that it's a turnaround and she comes through. I'm so happy that people reached out and cared. The story will be told,” Rockmann said.
On July 9, Laverock celebrated her 20th birthday in the hospital. She posted a photo of a balloon rainbow created by artist Evelyn Milanes, writing, “Thank you Evelyn. Your hard work and love went into creating such beautiful balloons.”
“My miraculous birthday…somewhere over the rainbow,” she added.
The next day, Rockmann shared a photo of herself hugging Laverock for his birthday.
“Grandma rolled over onto her tummy, stood up and held on to me… at that moment we realized we could have our first hug,” she wrote in the caption. “Thanks Rob for capturing this moment.”
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Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright contributed to this report.