Logan Heights mother receives prosthetic arm after surviving flesh-eating disease

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – Nearly a year after her harrowing medical journey began, Arisbeth Munoz couldn’t stop smiling as she was fitted with her first prosthetic arm at a San Diego clinic.

The 40-year-old Logan Heights mother, who survived a life-threatening battle with flesh-eating disease, reached a major milestone in her recovery when she was able to transfer herself from a bed to her wheelchair using her new prosthetic right arm.

“Very happy, very happy,” Munoz said as she used her wheelchair independently for the first time in months…

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