

Marie Trainer owns a salon she and her husband own a local bar. “They brought them here two times at the hospital so I can see them and that just put the biggest smile on my face,” she said. The pups have come to Aultman Hospital twice to visit. She asked her doctors if she could see her dogs again during her healing process. Marie and Matthew Trainer have two dogs and she says she has no intention of parting with them. A 2015 report found fewer than 500 laboratory-confirmed cases that had been reported since 1961, though the bacterium was not officially named as a new species until 1989. Animals can be tested for it, but those results can change, according to the CDC.Ĭapnocytophaga isn’t on the CDC’s list of reportable diseases, and experts say it’s hard to pin down numbers on how rare these infections are.

About 3 in 10 people who develop a severe infection die, CDC statistics show.Ĭapnocytophaga have been detected in up to 74% of dogs, according to the CDC. In rare cases, patients can develop sepsis. Those who become ill may show symptoms within three to five days, although some may show signs earlier or later, the CDC says. Those at greatest risk are people with weakened immune systems, such as cancer patients and people who have had their spleens removed, the CDC said. Most people in contact with dogs and cats don’t get sick, and it’s rare for Capnocytophaga to cause illness in humans. Man loses hands and feet after dog-related infection “She was close to death.”įroedtert Hospital/Medical College of Wisconsin “This is off the scale, one of the worst cases we have seen in terms of how ill people become with infections,” Kobe said. Trainer has had eight surgeries so far and is working with doctors to be fitted for prostheses. “That was a pretty hard pill for us to all swallow, to say she was fine a couple days ago on vacation and now she’s actively getting worse by the minute and now her hands and feet aren’t alive, like this doesn’t happen, it’s 2019,” said Gina Premier, Trainer’s step-daughter and a nurse at Aultman Hospital. Blood tests and cultures confirmed the diagnosis of capnocytophaga. But doctors said the damage had already been done. The family sought a second opinion, hoping to save Trainer’s limbs. (Gene Duncan, photographer) Gene Duncan/Walt Disney WorldĪ stray cat prompts a rabies alert near Disney World's Epcot theme park The attraction inside Spaceship Earth presented by Siemens includes a time-travel adventure through the history of communication, showing how the spirit of innovation has moved people from the caves to the cosmos.

The geodesic dome weighs 16 million pounds and the outer "skin" of Spaceship Earth is made up of 11,324 aluminum and plastic-alloy triangles. EPCOT'S SHINING ICON - Spaceship Earth is the visual and thematic centerpiece of Epcot at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
