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Flesh-eating bacteria victim returns home

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By Martha Boehm - email

SNELLVILLE, Ga. (WKOW) -- The young Georgia woman who's recovering from flesh-eating bacteria is back at her newly renovated home.

Aimee Copeland, 24, spent three months in the hospital and a rehabilitation clinic. She got the rare infection after she fell from a homemade zip line and cut her leg. Doctors had to amputate both her hands, her left leg and right foot.

The donated work includes access ramps, a new bathroom, a fitness room and an elevator. Copeland's father says his daughter is happy to be home.

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