A Minnesota veteran, recovering from a life-threatening disease, is ready to show his fellow soldiers just how much he's come back.

With his dog Surrey by his side, Drew Carpenter is getting a workout in. It involves a lot of stretching and cycling.

"I've been missing out on just the personal goals, kind of achieving of just moving the needle," said Carpenter.

Carpenter joined the military after 9/11. He was on active duty in Iraq and in the Middle East and returned home after serving his country. But a few years ago, he contracted Guillain-Barre Syndrome which attacked his nervous system and began shutting down his organs.

"They put me into a coma, an induced intubation for about a week which is a crazy nightmare," said Carpenter. "I spent six months in the VA just learning how to do

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