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Aimee Copeland makes remarkable strides

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    Georgia woman with flesh-eating disease sits up

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For the first time since being hospitalized with a flash eating bacteria -- 24 year old Georgia woman.

Making remarkable strides now Julie Banderas has her story -- in the newsroom -- Latest achievement her father posting about her development on -- FaceBook page writing.

And I'm gonna -- -- because it's good when the doctors put -- up in that chair there expectations were to give her an hour.

Five hours later Amy decided it was time to lie down.

Had -- been running an Olympic marathon I think Amy would've experienced a record breaking gold medal moment.

-- the 24 year old Georgia woman is battling a flesh eating disease she suffered after a fall.

From a hole made it zip line over a west Georgia river in day.

After cutting her leg she developed the crooks posing this -- -- that's resulting in the left leg and her other foot in both hands having to be.

He amputated.

In an interview with the Associated Press this week her daddy and he said after surgeons removed her hands she quote just shrugged her shoulders and said it's okay.

And she smiles.

Well Amy is now able to -- for 24 hour period without assistance from a ventilator and every moment better heart -- like you said earlier.

Really is a miracle according to her family what an amazing young woman we wish her the very very best Julie Banderas thank you.

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