* You may have already seen this video of Sen. Mark Kirk’s stroke rehab progress, but it’s a heckuva thing, so here it is…
* Coverage…
* Emotional Kirk thanks Illinois’ people for “patience” in first video: Kirk, 52, who has been in the care of the Rehabilitation Institute for the last several months, says he is anxious to get back to work but gives no timetable for doing so. He thanks the people of Illinois for “the patience they have given me to recover from a big stroke.”
* In video, Sen. Mark Kirk says he’s anxious to get back to work: In the video, the Highland Park Republican speaks confidently — and occasionally haltingly — into the camera and talks about being anxious to walk the 45 steps up to the Capitol to begin working again…. Video shows him walking determinedly, if not easily, with a walker and on a treadmill with the help of a harness and a physical therapist. Some shots show him using parallel bars to support himself with his right hand. Kirk says he hopes “to climb the 45 steps that my staff counted from the parking lot to the Senate front door to fight for the people of Illinois.”
* Sen. Kirk releases video showing his rehabilitation after stroke
* “My stroke” - Sen. Mark Kirk writes about his illness and rehabilitation
