- [Reporting] I'm Greg Lee.
Thanks for joining us for another edition
of "Made in Riverside". (gentle music)
But, tonight they're here rehearsing
for the Festival of Lights.
They take care of diseases, such as the West Nile virus.
Until recently, city mosquito control was undertaken
by the city's Public Works Commission.
- I fell in love with Greg's personality.
He was always hosting events.
He was always involved in the community.
He just talks to everybody and knows everybody.
- One of the premier marching bands in the country.
- [Gina] I think it's a gift.
He really brings people together.
- [Reporting] On the second and fourth Sundays of the month
You can hear the steam whistle blow as you ride the rails.
- Greg and I became engaged in 2014 in Oahu, Hawaii.
We were so much in love.
In September of 2015, Greg started to develop
flu-like symptoms and I ended up taking him
to the emergency room.
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- Greg presented with non-specific symptoms.
He had some nausea, some vomiting.
He then developed a condition known as hydrocephalus,
and that's swelling of the brain, and that can quickly cause
damage to the brain and permanent injury.
- They ended up inducing him into a coma.
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- When Greg arrived, he had been diagnosed
with West Nile virus, and we confirmed that diagnosis.
Our team quickly realized that he was going to need
the expertise of many different areas.
He was soon seen by our intensive care physicians,
our infectious disease specialist,
our cardiologist, our neurologist.
- He's the most severe West Nile encephalitis patient
that we've seen.
- He then developed cardiac arrest and respiratory failure.
- I remember the care team at Kaiser Permanente
being very aggressive with their care,
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being very open to letting us know what was going on.
Knowing that really takes a burden off of you.
- Our entire team came together to surround Greg
with all of the specialty knowledge that was needed
to get him through this hospitalization.
All of those specialists communicating with one another
seamlessly depended on our integrated system of care.
- [Gina] Dr. Dao started to build a sense of clarity.
He knew that there was potential to move forward.
- The only thing that were moving were his eyes.
And I can see that little spark in his eye
that something there, something that worth fighting for.
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- He's just one of a kind.
(both laughing)
There's no one like Greg.
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- [Gina] Greg basically had to start from scratch.
He had to re-learn how to eat, how to talk and now walk.
- [Dr. Dao] He started regaining his upper body strength.
His bicep, his tricep.
- [Gina] Dr. Dao is one of our guardian angels
throughout this whole process.
He just genuinely cares about Greg and his recovery.
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- To see him continue with that attitude of determination
is something that I can't describe.
It just, it makes me very proud.
Greg's taken the initiative to start planning
our wedding again.