Part II: Straining to progress, as family challenges mount

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Marci Pou right holds hands with her husband John Pou as they watch other clients trying to walk during an open house at Project Walk in Carlsbad Calif. Friday Nov. 10 2006.  (AP PhotoDenis Poroy)
Marci Pou, right, holds hands with her husband John Pou as they watch other clients trying to walk during an open house at Project Walk in Carlsbad, Calif. Friday, Nov. 10, 2006. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

(AP) -- Day 1 at Project Walk fell on their 13th wedding anniversary. In years past, John and Marci Pou might have gone to dinner. Instead, in a strange place thousands of miles from home, Marci watched as John fought to maneuver his broken body. It was June 26, 2006, the start of a regimen that would push John to the limit physically and challenge both of them emotionally and even spiritually.


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