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Aimee Copeland getting bionic hands

...land. Her spirit barely bent.One year after losing her left leg, right foot and both hands to a devastating bacterial infection, the Snellville, Ga., resident said her academic background in psychology and a strong spiritual grounding...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-12/aimee-copeland-getting-bionic
Aimee Copeland fought against the odds, continues to improve

...24-year-old Georgia woman attracted nationwide attention when she beat astounding odds by fending off a deadly bacterial infection that attacked her flesh.For nearly two months, Aimee Copeland, of Snell ville, Ga., was treated for necrotizing...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-12-21/aimee-copeland-fought-against
Talked-about stories of 2012 still vivid

...touching stories of the year was that of 24-year-old Aimee Copeland. Aimee had a two-month battle against a bacterial infection. She had to have her left leg, right foot and both hands amputated to stay ahead of the infection that almost...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/opinion-columns/2013-01-05/talked-about-sto
The year we changed

...Aimee Copeland, the young woman who lost limbs but retained a courageous heart while defeating a flesh-destroying bacterial infection with the world-class help of heroes at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital. Hers was one...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/editorials/2012-12-30/year-we-changed
Health network for kids aims for better care

...look like a kid who has spent half his life battling a rare form of cancer, or one who is now fighting a rare bacterial infection.As he squirmed around in his Spider-Man bathrobe in bed at the Children's Hospital of Georgia, clicking away...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2013-02-18/health-network-kids-aims-bet
Crowdsourced

...comments in social media.Get well, AimeeIn the weeks since Aimee Copeland contracted necrotizing fasciitis, a bacterial infection that threatened her life, Twitter users have used the hashtag #getwellaimee to send get well wishes to the 24-year-old...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/2012-06-02/crowdsourced
Cartersville, Georgia, man released after treatment for flesh-decaying infection

A 33-year-old man with a flesh-decaying bacterial infection has been released from the Augusta hospital where he received treatment.Doctors Hospital spokeswoman Barclay Bishop confirmed...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-05-30/cartersville-georgia-man-rel
Across the region

...Mother healing from infectionGREENVILLE, S.C. - A new South Carolina mother hospitalized with a flesh-eating bacterial infection has been able to spend some time with her month-old twins.Her husband says Lana Kuykendall had a brief visit with...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2012-06-10/across-region
Aimee Copeland's condition improves, hospital says

...at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center since early last month, when necrotizing fasciitis caused by a widespread bacterial infection set in.Surgeons were forced to remove most of her left leg, her hands and remaining foot because of damage caused...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-06-12/aimee-copelands-condition-im
Father says Copeland suffering 'phantom pain' of missing limbs

...Journal-Constitution reports that for a month now, the 24-year-old Snellville native has been battling an aggressive bacterial infection that nearly cost her life. She remains in critical condition in Augusta's Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-06-06/father-says-copeland-sufferin