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

Aimee Copeland, the Georgia student who lost her leg to a rare flesh-eating infection two weeks ago, shed no tears after learning she would lose her remaining foot and both hands, according to her family. Her reaction instead: "Let's do this." The 24-year-old remains in intensive care at an Augusta hospital, still battling the effects of the May 1 zip line accident that cut open her calf and invited the life-threatening infection. Her breathing tube has been replaced by a tracheostomy, a tube...Full Story
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