Erin Bates is sharing an encouraging update amid her battle with sepsis .

The Bringing Up Bates alum revealed that she's been able to walk for the first time in weeks after suffering health complications following the birth of her and husband Chad Paine 's seventh baby, Henry .

"I don’t even have the words," Erin wrote on Instagram Oct. 2. "For weeks, my leg has not worked (since my seizure in the hospital). I’ve been carried, wheeled, and held up through tears and prayers… and today — it moved."

"Today I took steps," she added. "They might be a little wobbly, but they are steps I wasn’t sure I’d ever take again."

The 34-year-old, who included photos of her family of nine in her post, went on to detail the mixture of emotions that she felt in the moment after so much

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