 The father of a young Georgia woman battling a flesh-eating disease says his daughter has spoken for the first time since she was taken to an Augusta hospital weeks ago for treatment. Writing on his Facebook page, Andy Copeland declared Sunday "Aimee Day," saying: "Our baby can talk." Twenty-four-year-old Aimee Copeland developed necrotizing fasciitis after cutting her leg in a May 1 fall from a homemade zip line over a west Georgia river.
– For the first time in nearly a month, flesh-eating bacteria sufferer Aimee Copeland has graduated from mouthing words to actually speaking, reports WRDW. "Today…May 27……is AIMEE DAY!!!" her father blogged yesterday; her family has been using the phrase to refer to the day she would be capable of breathing independently, which happened last week. "Our baby can talk," writes Andy Copeland, who adds that Aimee still doesn't know her case is garnering national press.