Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old woman battling flesh-eating bacteria, may leave the hospital as early as next week. Doctors have upgraded her condition from serious to good.
Her father, Andy Copeland, tells CNN’s Soledad O’Brien on Starting Point that despite her injuries, his daughter feels blessed for the "unique opportunity that God has given [her]," explaining that she's looking forward to making the most of her disability.
Copeland has been fighting for her life since May, when a zip-lining accident left her with a rare bacterial infection. She lost both of her hands, her left leg and her right foot.
Yesterday, Aimee's mother and father took her outside for the first time in 49 days.
“She was just so excited,” Andy tells Soledad. “The whole world opened up for Aimee when she rolled out that door.”
Watch more from the interview with Aimee's father in the video above.
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As I always say, to God be the glory,yes indeed Aimee is a blessing and was blessed truly blessed to survive such an ordeal. So many people will be touched and inspired through her and her health battle and her over coming the hurdles of such a diobolical diease that effects so many people in lesser degress in many rehabs and hospitals and hospice's and in individual dwellings. Yet as for Aimee, its a time to rejoice, I'm beyond myself and so happy for her and her family. Hopefully in time,she will be able to be fitted with a new set of limbs,etc,so she will be able to stand and walk again. Through medical science and Gods unchanging grace,all things are made possible!