24 year old Aimee Copeland suffered a freak accident on May 1 which has led her to be fighting for her life. Aimee fell off a zip line and slashed her left calf open. A few days later she was still in pain which is when she was rushed to the hospital and doctors discovered she has a flesh eating bacteria inside of her wound. She is fighting for her life in a hospital room but she has a huge support system right next to her. Her family and friends are very optimistic about the outcome. Although Aimee has lost her leg, part of her abdomen and will possibly loose her fingers everyone around her has remained positive. This positivity is wearing off on her as well, seeing as she smiled and laughed for the first time the other day. I think it is incredibly important to be surrounded by people like this in your time of need because without them things may be different. Having positive energy surrounding you causes you to fight harder and hopefully make it through this rough time.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/15/health/georgia-flesh-eating-bacteria/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
I heard about this! Its so crazy to think that freak accidents can happen to anyone, and in the most random situations. I also read that she had to get her left leg amputated and that they are assuming more of her limbs will have to be amputated. This is a really sad story.
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