Friday, 18 May 2012

Georgia Woman With Flesh-Eating Disease to Lose Hands, Right Foot

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<span>Aimee Copeland</span>, a Georgia tyro who <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/rare-flesh-eating-disease-caused-common-bacteria/story?id=16319358">lost her leg to a singular flesh-eating infection</a> dual weeks ago, strew no tears after training she would remove her remaining feet and both hands, according to her family. Her greeting instead: “Let’s do this.”
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The 24-year-old stays in <span>intensive care</span> during an <span>Augusta hospital</span>, still battling a effects of a May 1 zip line collision that cut open her calf and was infested by a life-threatening infection. Her respirating tube has been transposed by a tracheostomy, a tube extrinsic directly into her breeze pipe.
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Despite <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/georgia-woman-flesh-eating-bacteria-celebrating-small-victories/story?id=16356032">showing signs of recovery</a>, Copeland’s...

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