Paraplegic Man Suffers Spider Bite, Walks Again
CBS – 
He’s been confined to a wheelchair for 20 years. Now a paraplegic man is walking again. And his doctors call it a miracle. CBS station KOVR-TV in Sacramento went to Manteca, Calif. to find out how a spider bite helped get him back on his feet.
“I closed my eyes and then I was spinning like a flying saucer,” explains David Blancarte.
A motorcycle accident almost killed David 21 years ago.
Ever since, David’s been relying on his wheelchair to get around.
A Brown Recluse sent him to the hospital, then to rehab for eight months.
A nurse noticed David’s leg spasm and ran a test on him.
“When they zapped my legs, I felt the current, I was like whoa and I yelled,” he says.
David basks in his glory and gives a ray of hope to other hoping to walk again.
The 48-year-old former boxer and dancer are taking it in stride, knowing his best days are still ahead.
