Posted on 07/31/2018 11:20:58 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Subsequent testing revealed that Manteufel had contracted an infection from a bacteria identified as capnocytophaga, which is found in dog saliva. The bacteria can cause severe infections in people with weakened immune systems, and is spread through bites or close contact with infected dogs.
Patients infected with the bacteria may exhibit blisters around the bite wound, redness or swelling, fever, diarrhea, vomiting, headaches and muscle and joint pain. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), symptoms will typically appear within three to five days, but can take up to two weeks to present themselves. Severe infections can be fatal within 72 hours after symptoms appear.
“This infection in his blood triggered a very severe response on his body,” Dr. Silvia Munoz-Price, an infectious disease specialist, told Fox 6 Now. “More than 99 percent of the people that have dogs will never have this issue. It’s just chance.”
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Sounds like he was healthy, but had a susceptibility to this oddball bacteria. Or, this was a particularly virulent version, in which case... dog owners beware.
Bummer luck.
But...if you toss him into a pool he’s ‘Bob’.
I bet he was stumped as to the cause.
Dogs will eat cat poop with no problem. Really wanna dog to lick your face after seeing that?
Cats have that bristly little sandpaper tongue to really capture and retain all that cat butt goodness after licking their butts. Do you really want a cat to lick you with cat butt stuck all up in that thing?
Cats don’t lick their butt unless something is wrong.
Something seems to be wrong with their butts rather frequently, then.
Rotten rodent and dead bird molecules get stuck in that bristly sandpaper tongue too, no doubt.
And I was just starting to get over the nightmares season 2 of “Goliath” gave me.
I wonder if he was on one of those immune-suppressing drugs like Enbrel or Humira?
People making fun of this guys situation are sickos.
They’re cats. Something is already wrong.
Actually cats prefer their meat fresh. Dogs like the rotten maggoty stuff... but do prefer the stuff cat’s freshly expel, warm, fragrant and wet, clay litter and all.
My former boss’s German shepherds would follow the cat to the litter box to try to catch it before it hit the litter with their tongues. It was like having a kitty bidet.
Cats do like sour cream, though.
He’s a great third base.
A dog thread is like turning on a can opener for cat people they always come a-running and you did not disappoint. Very amusing.
All these ugly jokes notwithstanding it has to be acknowledged that he is and always will be ahead.
When he’s under the car they call him Jack. When he’s in the bathroom they call him John. When he’s hanging around they call him Art.
Nice. Unique.
“People making fun of this guys situation are sickos.”
Well, sunshine, you can cry tears for every sad story that you hear, but a person dies every few seconds in this nation, so when you run out of tears let’s know how you intend to cope.
If I ever get to the point where I find humor in someone losing their arms and legs I hope I have enough humanity left in me to seek professional help.
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