A New Jersey father who contracted a rare flesh-eating bacteria while crabbing on the Fourth of July had both of his forearms and legs amputated, according to a report.

Doctors at Cooper University Hospital had to remove both of Angel Perez’s legs on Wednesday because gangrene had been eating away at his flesh since he caught Vibrio necrotizing fasciitis while fishing for crabs in the Maurice River.

“Everything went well,” his daughter Dilena Perez-Dilan told NJ Advance Media after the surgery. “Angel wants to be here a little longer.”

Surgeons removed Perez’s legs a little below the kneecaps, his daughter said. They amputated both of his forearms two weeks ago because the gangrene had been spreading.

One day after his fishing trip, the lower half of Perez’s right leg swelled and blisters formed, as the potentially deadly infection spread through his body. The infection is caused by bacteria found in warm waters along the coast that can enter the body through even the tiniest cut.

Perez’s right leg had to be amputated slightly higher than his left because that was the limb through which it’s believed the bacteria entered his bloodstream.

Vibriosis — strains of which can also be contracted by eating raw or undercooked shellfish — is responsible for approximately 80,000 illnesses and 100 deaths every year across the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Since coming down with the infection, Perez, 60, has also been on dialysis because his kidneys aren’t functioning properly, but his daughter said Wednesday they “are definitely looking better.”

Though Perez — who was already battling Parkinson’s disease — isn’t out of the woods just yet, it’s a marked recovery from just a few weeks ago when doctors feared for his life, the report said.

It’s still unclear when Perez will be discharged from the hospital.

A GoFundMe drive to help cover Perez’s medical bills has raised over $6,700 as of Thursday.

“I’m just grateful for everyone’s support, everyone’s prayers … everyone rallying around us,” his daughter said.