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    Sits up for the first time

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Her father posting about her development on his FaceBook page writing.

And I'm gonna quoted because it's good when the doctors put -- -- up in that chair -- 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 have 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 May.

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

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.