Aimee Copeland Pleads for Painkillers, Feels Like ‘Patchwork Quilt’
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Aimee Copeland, the Georgia student recovering from flesh-eating disease, is pleading for painkillers after surgery to replace swaths of bacteria-ravaged skin and muscle, her father said.Copeland, 24, was hesitant to take morphine…
Another Case of Flesh-Eating Disease
ABC News(ATLANTA) — A Georgia landscaper is battling a flesh-eating disease at the same Augusta hospital as Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old student who lost her leg to the deadly infection. Robert Vaughn, 32, contracted necrotizing fasciitis after cut…
Girl’s Rare Flesh-Eating Disease Caused by Common Bacteria
WSB/ABC News(NEW YORK) — The rare flesh-eating disease that claimed a Georgia woman’s leg and has her fighting for her life was caused by a common bacterium that thrives in warm climates and fresh water. Aimee Copeland, a 24-year-old master’s student …