A wheelchair-bound mum surprised her son with a tear-jerking dance on his wedding day - by standing for the first time in four years.<br /><br />Dede Brown, 58, kept her newfound mobility a secret for two weeks, leading up to a truly emotional moment as she stood up on the dance floor.<br /><br />She had been wheelchair-bound for the last four years due to a degenerative nerve disease that left her unable to walk more than a few steps.<br /><br />Son Tayler said he wanted to dance with Dede, but she said he should ask a different family member, as she could not stand alone.<br /><br />Tayler, 26, was insistent and told his mother that he would not settle for anyone else.<br /><br />He planned to hold her with the help of her husband, Mark, an IT professional, during the dance, and find a way to finish the dance like that.<br /><br />Luckily, she saw the solution on an Instagram post, The Zeen, a mobility device fitted with three levels, sitting, barstool mode, and standing.<br /><br />It also has a bicycle seat design which lets the user walk and move.<br /><br />Dede, from Rocklin, California, USA, ordered the Zeen, and it arrived two weeks before the wedding, during which time she practiced using it in secret.<br /><br />She said: "I was really nervous. I had Mark demonstrate several times. I knew I wouldn't fall because Mark did the Superman in it.<br /><br />"As soon as my son would leave the house I would get up and dance to practice. Two weeks later the moment came.<br /><br />"I stayed in my room half the day so I knew I'd have the energy to do the dance."<br /><br />Dede and husband Mark sat at their table and switched from her wheelchair to the Zeen halfway through the ceremony.<br /><br />She switched to standing mode on the dancefloor itself and didn't leave a single dry eye at the ceremony.<br /><br />"Tayler couldn't believe that she was standing, he just started crying," said Mark, 61.<br /><br />"My other son, Trever, was bawling, even his rough and tumble friends started tearing up."<br /><br />Dede added: "I was so focused on the dance that I didn't see anyone, I couldn't hear the song.<br /><br />"After the dance, I had family members come up to me and say it was so beautiful.<br /><br />"The father of the bride came up and said, 'I thought my dance was beautiful, but this just takes the cake'.<br /><br />"I was just so excited and thrilled that I was able to do this on my own. I never thought it would come to this."
