A Northwest Jacksonville man was just released from the hospital after weeks of battling a flesh-eating bacteria.

Nate Manor said he was released Monday from St. Vincent’s Hospital in Riverside after several weeks of treatment in Jacksonville and at UF Health in Gainesville where there’s a burn unit that specializes in skin grafting.

“Definitely painful,” said Manor.

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Manor said he believes he was infected while cutting weeds and grass in a ditch that runs alongside his Northwest Jacksonville home.

“Every day, I just pray it gets better my friend.”

Manor showed News4JAX some of his skin from his right leg that has been grafted onto his injured left leg.

“I’m in incredib

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