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Flesh-Eating Bacteria Victim Goes Home

Aimee Copeland leaves rehab

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 23, 2012 12:05 PM CDT

(Newser) Aimee Copeland celebrated leaving rehab yesterday with a trip to Longhorn Steakhouse for lunch, then spent her first night home in nearly four months watching Comedy Central with her sister. Copeland, who lost her hands, leg, and foot to flesh-eating bacteria after a zipline accident in May, spent two months in the hospital and then went to a rehab facility last month. She returned home to a new 1,956-foot wing donated and specially outfitted for her at her parents' house, reports CNN, where she can continue her rehab in a fitness room.

In this photo provided by Andy Copeland, Aimee Copeland smiles as she leaves a hospital in Augusta Ga., Monday, July 2, 2012, headed for an inpatient rehabilitation clinic.
In this photo provided by Andy Copeland, Aimee Copeland smiles as she leaves a hospital in Augusta Ga., Monday, July 2, 2012, headed for an inpatient rehabilitation clinic.   (AP Photo/Courtesy Andy Copeland)
In this image released July 2, 2012, by Tom Adkins, shows Aimee Copeland, right, with medic Kori Mills as Copeland leaves a hospital in Augusta Ga., headed for an inpatient rehabilitation clinic.
In this image released July 2, 2012, by Tom Adkins, shows Aimee Copeland, right, with medic Kori Mills as Copeland leaves a hospital in Augusta Ga., headed for an inpatient rehabilitation clinic.   (AP Photo/Tom Adkins)
In this Saturday, June 23 2012 file photo provided by the Copeland family, Aimee Copeland, left, poses with her parents, Andy and Donna Copeland, outside Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Ga.
In this Saturday, June 23 2012 file photo provided by the Copeland family, Aimee Copeland, left, poses with her parents, Andy and Donna Copeland, outside Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Ga.   (AP Photo/Copeland Family, File)
In this photo provided by Andy Copeland, Aimee Copeland leaves a hospital in Augusta Ga., Monday, July 2, 2012, headed for an inpatient rehabilitation clinic.
In this photo provided by Andy Copeland, Aimee Copeland leaves a hospital in Augusta Ga., Monday, July 2, 2012, headed for an inpatient rehabilitation clinic.   (AP Photo/Courtesy Andy Copeland)
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COMMENTS
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bewilderbeast
Aug 27, 2012 8:37 AM CDT
Good luck, girl!
butterbutterbutter
Aug 24, 2012 4:42 PM CDT
why the hell did they make her look like the girl from Napoleon Dynamite?! Isn't her life hard enough????
fractal
Aug 23, 2012 3:51 PM CDT
WOW--- A TROLL FIGHT on this thread!   Keep it up, trolls.
 

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