Man determined to walk again after blood infection from dog



"Through all of this, the real star of the show is Greg. He's had the most positive attitude of any patient I have ever met and he's approached this with a fight that I don't think I've seen in any patient," Dr. Patrick Hettinger, a plastic surgeon, said during a news conference about Manteufel's recovery.


Manteufel has a dog, but doctors don't know if it was his pet or another dog that gave him the infection.

"I just couldn't believe it," Manteufel told reporters. "I've been around dogs my whole life. It's hard to take, you know?"


"I still like dogs," he said.


The CDC doesn't track the number of infections from capnocytophaga because they're so rare.



Manteufel said his main goal is to walk and drive again "so I can get back on with life, not just be stuck somewhere."

Del Toro said he has no doubt he'll achieve that.

"No one has the determination of Greg. I believe he's going to achieve all his goals, it's just going to take a long journey," Del Toro said.


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