Heather "Strong" Abbott is going home, but before she does she's heading to the Boston Red Sox game to throw out the first pitch...

When marathon bombing victim Heather Abbott leaves Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital tomorrow, her first stop will be Fenway Park to take in a Red Sox game — the same thing she was doing April 15 before the explosions near the finish line changed her life forever.

Abbott was injured in the blast outside the Forum restaurant, where the Newport, R.I., native had gone after attending a Red Sox game with friends. Tomorrow, those same friends, who weren’t hurt in the bombing, will be with her as she throws out the first pitch at Fenway.

“We practiced because I’ve never really thrown a pitch before,” she said today, laughing.

Abbott was rushed to Brigham and Women’s Hospital after the bombing, where doctors amputated her left leg below the knee. Now, after nearly two weeks of inpatient rehabilitation, the 38-year-old human resources professional is ready to go home.

Wearing a purple summer dress and a tan high-heel shoe on her remaining foot, Abbott told the media gathered at Spaulding today that she is focusing on recovery.

“I think I’ll feel back to my normal self when I have my prosthetic leg that I can walk on all the time,” said Abbott confidently.

It’s been a long journey for Abbott, said Dr. David Crandell, director of the amputee program at Spaulding, and there is still a bumpy road ahead.

“Although she’s leaving tomorrow, her rehabilitation is far from over,” said Crandell. “She’s just completing that first initial step of early pre-prosthetic rehabilitation.”

Abbott will continue to condition her body and to shape her “residual limb,” and once the limb is fully healed, she will be fitted for a prosthetic leg, he said.

“That will take some time, but we’ve seen her do so well at this early stage, I would anticipate that she’ll do exceptionally well at the next stage,” said Crandell.

By summer, Crandell hopes Abbott will be walking without crutches.

“I look at those different steps,” said Abbott, “from having to be wheeled around to wheeling myself around to then walking on crutches all the time. It definitely shows I’ve progressed and when I think about that I’m very happy with that.”