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Prayers for University of West Georgia grad student Aimee Copeland

I’ve been following this poor young woman’s story on the Fox News website for the last week. Here are the latest developments [1]:

AUGUSTA, Ga. –  Aimee Copeland, the Georgia grad student who contracted a deadly flesh-eating bacteria after she cut her leg in a zip lining accident, will likely lose her fingers.

Aimee, 24, has already had her left leg amputated after necrotizing fasciitis — a rare bacteria that infects the deep layers of the skin and spreads quickly — took hold of her injured limb just over a week ago.

“Aimee will suffer the loss of her fingers, however physicians have hope of bringing life back to the palms of her hands, which could allow her the muscle control to use helpful prosthetics,” read a post on the website of the University of West Georgia psychology department, where Aimee is a masters student.

“They are awaiting a safe time before embarking on surgery for this,” the update, posted Saturday night, added.

Aimee’s family has remained optimistic about her recovery after she defied doctors’ doubts about her chances of survival.

“Aimee is doing wonderful this morning,” her father, Andy Copeland, wrote in a Facebook post Sunday. “She is awake, alert and wanting to be rid of that blasted ventilator.”

Copeland also highlighted Aimee’s frustrated attempts to communicate with him and her other family members, as she is still unable to speak.

“I tell her not to worry, I tell her to concentrate on breathing, I ask her to pray and meditate on healing. I hold her and pray while she prays,” he wrote. “This is all we can do now and I can honestly say it works quite well.”

Aimee was kayaking down a creek with some of her friends in Carrollton, Ga., nearly two weeks ago when she stopped to ride on a homemade zip line along the water. The line snapped and she cut a large gash in her left calf.

I can only imagine what she and her family must be going through. The constant pain, agony, worry – and probably sometimes hopelessness, too. Assuming she does fully recover, the rest of her life will be totally different and I suspect she’ll have to go through some pretty extensive rounds of rehab. Not to mention the toll all of this will take on her emotional state. Please keep both her and her family in your thoughts and prayers that she continues to defy the odds. You can keep up with developments on Aimee’s condition here [2].