Matt Trainer, her husband, hurried her to the hospital, assuming she had the flu. However, what the physicians discovered was much worse.
Capnocytophaga canimorsus, an uncommon and fatal bacteria that is present in dog and cat saliva, was what Marie had contracted.
Her immune system went into overdrive due to the bacterium, resulting in large blood clots that stopped her limbs’ circulation.
According to Dr. Ajay Seth, the orthopedic surgeon who would later operate on Marie and save her life, “it was just rapidly progressing where her hands and feet were turning black.”
It was a catastrophic scenario. Upon waking from a 10-day coma, Marie discovered that her limbs had been severed.
