( CNN ) -- When Aimee Copeland , a 24-year-old Georgia woman who lost parts of four limbs to a flesh-eating bacteria , returns home from rehab next month , she 'll find it much different and much bigger than when she left in May . A nearly 2,000-square-foot addition will nearly double the size of the Copeland family home in Snellville , Georgia , east of Atlanta , and be equipped for her special needs . The renovation plans include access ramps , an elevator to the home 's second floor , an exercise room Aimee will use to continue her recovery , guide rails in the bathroom and a separate wash sink Aimee can use to clean her prosthetics . The family calls it `` Aimee 's Wing . '' `` What blows me away is that the construction should be complete in roughly 40 days , hopefully in time for Aimee 's 'graduation ' from rehab , '' dad Andy Copeland said in his blog Tuesday . Pulte Homes , a Michigan-based company that builds homes in 27 states , is donating the construction addition . Aimee Copeland was released from the hospital to a rehab facility on July 2 after nearly two months of treatment and surgeries . Copeland 's ordeal began May 1 when she was riding a makeshift zip line across the Little Tallapoosa River , about 50 miles west of Atlanta . The line snapped , and she fell and received a gash in her left calf that took 22 staples to close . Three days later , still in pain , she went to an emergency room . Doctors eventually determined she had necrotizing fasciitis caused by the bacteria Aeromonas hydrophila . Since then , her father has blogged about her situation regularly . A Facebook page devoted to her fight has nearly 80,000 `` likes . '' A number of bacteria that are common in the environment but rarely cause serious infections can lead to necrotizing fasciitis , or flesh-eating bacteria syndrome . When the bacteria get into the bloodstream , such as through a cut , doctors typically move aggressively to excise even healthy tissue near the infection site in hopes of ensuring none of the dangerous bacteria remain . Advocate : Story of rare bacterial infection raising awareness . The infection attacks and destroys healthy tissue and is fatal about 20 % of the time , according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Dr. William Schaffner , chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center , estimates that fewer than 250 such cases occur each year in the United States , though estimates are imprecise since doctors do not have to report the cases to health authorities . Andy Copeland says his daughter is `` knocking it out in rehab , '' committed to her exercise regime like an Olympic athlete . `` Her face was red and the vein in her neck was bulging as she pressed herself into her repetitions with serious determination , '' Copeland said of Aimee 's Tuesday workout . `` It 's like she was training for the Olympics . '' On Wednesday , she will be fitted with test sockets for her prosthetics , her dad said . If all goes well , in a few weeks , she will begin to be fitted with prosthetic limbs . But her progress appears to come with a tinge of sadness . `` As I sit here and type I realize just how fortunate I am , we are , to have hands , '' Andy Copeland said . `` Take a moment tonight , tomorrow , every doggone day , to thank God for what you have . Taking time to realize your blessings makes life all the more worth living . '' CNN 's Jennifer Bixler contributed to this report .
Aimee Copeland 's stay is expected to last into 2017 . The hospital is constructing a 500 square foot addition . She has had multiple operations and skin grafts . Copeland was discharged from an Augusta , Georgia , hospital this month .