The cause was capnocytophaga (cap-noh-seye-TOE’-fah-gah), a germ from Ellie’s mouth or from another dog he encountered. The case is extremely rare and doctors at his hospital, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, had no explanation for why he got so sick. He’s using a fork regularly and he’s now working on picking up the TV remote, opening doorknobs, cutting vegetables and doing the dishes. He’s using shortened leg prosthetics, called stubbies, to get his body conditioned to eventually use to full-sized ones. Fieg said people with the gene variant are at increased risk for recurrent capnocytophaga or other infections in the future.

Source: thestar September 27, 2019 04:37 UTC