SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Life can change in the blink of an eye and the journey to recovery is not always easy.

In tonight’s Avera Medical Minute, we introduce you to a South Dakota woman who for over two years has been working to strengthen and restore her body, one step at a time.

“Some of the steps are joyful and some of the steps are painful on the journey. So we keep seeing progress so we’re just going to keep going,” said Kim St. John.

The steps are small, but after a life-changing motorcycle crash, Kim St. John celebrates each and every one.

“My husband and I both got spinal cord injuries. Mine was a T12, his was an L2. So that’s what put me in the wheelchair and my husband, to be walking is a miracle too, on it’s own! So that’s what started our journey. A snap of a

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