CHULA VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) – A homeless advocate who nearly died during the pandemic is now recovering from a life-altering bout with a flesh-eating bacteria.
“It was a shock to the system. I never expected there to be a ‘Part Two’ from the coma to now,” said Arthur Salazar.
From his bed at a South Bay rehab clinic, Arthur Salazar says he’s feeling grateful, after a life-changing diagnosis.
“I’m feeling good. My spirits are up. My strength is good,” said Salazar.
I first met Salazar, a cab driver and owner of an online Christian ministry in October 2021, after Salazar, a diabetic, beat the odds and survived a harrowing battle with COVID, and three weeks on a ventilator.
Less than two months later, I followed Salazar in the East Village, as he handed out bibles and care packages for the homeless, something he and his team of volunteers have been doing for two decades.
Fast forward more than three years.
Salazar, battling two diabetes-related conditions involving open wounds, took a spill inside a parking garage.