Hamiad was now too weak to walk, as were nearly a dozen other elderly and handicapped residents.

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At age 3 he stopped growing and became too weak to walk.

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Mordred was too weak to walk, so Douglas lifted him into the back of the Jeep for what we knew would be the final time, and we all gathered together on the cold linoleum of the vet's office as I bawled my heart out and Mordred laid his head on Douglas' lap, grateful for the comfort.

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But then, one day in February 1994, Gina Pollichino woke up dizzy and vomiting, so weak she could hardly walk across the room.

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She was dehydrated, weak and could barely walk.

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Roger Swenson was only 40 when his heart was so weak he couldn't walk 200 feet without gasping for air.

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The treatments left him weak and fatigued, with pain and numbness in his feet that threw off his balance and left him unable to walk steadily and unable to stop himself from falling if he tripped.

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