A severely wounded Iraq War soldier is still fighting to find his strength.

"On the count of three we're going to stand up and we're going to pivot okay?" said Alan Babin’s physical therapist, Vance Black.

Black has been going to Alan’s home for physical therapy sessions for more than a year. Now, holding onto Black’s arms for support, Alan, 27, can stand upright and sway from side to side. It’s something he couldn’t do just a few months ago.

"He’s showed progress after progress...three months ago, four months ago he couldn't do it all," said Black.

Alan goes through intense therapy three times a day for three days every week. Therapy is broken down to speech, occupational, and physical sessions.

"It doesn't seem that hard to you or someone like you, an able-body, but it's tough for me," said Babin.

Alan has been fighting to gain control over his body for more than five years.

Over the years, places like The Roadhouse in Round Rock have hosted celebrations in honor of Alan and his recovery, but his family says even after the party is over they go back home and get back to work.

"It’s not easy," said Alan.

Alan lost control over his body on March 31, 2003. He was a combat-medic paratrooper stationed in Iraq. He volunteered to join the Army not long before.

"That was my job and I was there to do it," said Babin.

However, during his job, Alan was shot in the stomach by enemy fire.

"(He) had no regard for his own life and his own safety and in an instant ran through gunfire to help somebody else," said Babin’s mom, Rosalinda Babin.

While he was in the hospital Alan came down with meningitis and then suffered a stroke. His family says doctors thought he would never recover.

"Alan would have been bedridden for the rest of his life and lived a life of tube feeding and spoon feeding and we just thought God had preserved Alan's life for a reason and we went to work," said Rosalinda.

His family decided to share their journey and their work with everyone else. They agreed to participate in a new web series called "In Their Boots."

"I never want to forget why I'm here," said Alan.

Alan is the premiere feature on the series; his struggle, the celebrations and milestones along the way all captured on tape.

"It gets pretty emotional, let's put it that way. When he walked for the first time with the walker and two people, I think everyone started crying," said Black.

The series is scheduled to premiere on July 2, with a sneak peak at the VFW Hall in North Austin on June 18th at 7 p.m.

Alan hopes the documentary sends at least one message to its viewers:

"You can never, never, never give up; no matter what (you do); no matter what anybody tells you. I didn’t and look at where I’m at (now)," said Alan.