Bringing Up Bates’ Erin Bates Celebrates Christmas With Family After Sepsis Battle 

“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.”

At the time, the 34-year-old—who also shares kids Carson, 10, Brooklyn, 8, Everly, 7, Holland, 5, Finley, 3, and William, 2, with Chad—also reflected on the emotions she’s faced throughout her health journey.

“I’ve cried until I laughed, and laughed until I cried,” she said. “My heart is overflowing with gratitude. Jesus, You are faithful. You are the Healer. All glory belongs to You.”