Imagine waking up each day trapped in a body overwhelmed with pain, unable to stand tall, with every step and movement a reminder of the physical toll life has taken. For one man, this was his reality. At 80 years old, just a month after celebrating his milestone birthday, he rolled over in bed and told his wife, “Well, I made it,” but his words were accompanied by the pale, pained expression of someone who had fought a long battle with his health.

This gentleman had undergone multiple heart surgeries, endured a back surgery that left him unable to stand upright, and was on a regimen of pain medications that only seemed to keep him in a holding pattern of discomfort. His daily life was a struggle, filled with regular pain management appointments and an ever-growing list of symptoms, including neuropathy, knee pain, and leg pain.

But his story was about to take a remarkable turn.