On March 22, 1988 Aimee was born to Andy and Donna Copeland. She was their second child, and they were blessed to have her. With the first child, they had to undergo months of fertility treatment, and four months after giving birth to their first child Paige, Aimee was conceived.
As Aimee was growing up she started a Bible club at age nine and got her first job at the age of fourteen. She graduated from South Gwinnett High School and went on to attend college at the University of West Georgia in Carrolton. While attending school, she worked three part-time jobs.
One day after Aimee had left work, gone hiking, and returned home for some shut eye, one of her friends called with boyfriend problems. They went to Sunny’s and joined another friend, where they were rambling around the Tallapoosa River. They spotted a homemade zip line, and they were having fun taking turns. …show more content…
The impact caused a nine-inch slash below her knee. The slash looked like a half circle, and Amiee started yelling to her friends that she needed to go to the hospital. At the hospital the doctors stapled her wound shut and bandaged her leg.
Afterwards Aimee went home and she thought she was okay but in a little bit of pain. The pain began to get worse and worse. She got where she could not take the pain anymore, and her leg had turned dark purple and it was covered with blisters. It was the fourth day and she knew something was wrong. Her leg was starting to smell rotten and she could not get out of the bed.
Back to the hospital Aimee went. Aimee’s parents were notified and it was found that she had necrotizing fasciitis, which is a flesh eating disease. When Aimee fell into the creek, she was exposed to a bacteria called aeromonas hydrophila which is found in fresh or brackish water. She was put into a hyperbaric chamber and they hoped it would stop the bacteria from spreading and also to help aid the
As Aimee was growing up she started a Bible club at age nine and got her first job at the age of fourteen. She graduated from South Gwinnett High School and went on to attend college at the University of West Georgia in Carrolton. While attending school, she worked three part-time jobs.
One day after Aimee had left work, gone hiking, and returned home for some shut eye, one of her friends called with boyfriend problems. They went to Sunny’s and joined another friend, where they were rambling around the Tallapoosa River. They spotted a homemade zip line, and they were having fun taking turns. …show more content…
The impact caused a nine-inch slash below her knee. The slash looked like a half circle, and Amiee started yelling to her friends that she needed to go to the hospital. At the hospital the doctors stapled her wound shut and bandaged her leg.
Afterwards Aimee went home and she thought she was okay but in a little bit of pain. The pain began to get worse and worse. She got where she could not take the pain anymore, and her leg had turned dark purple and it was covered with blisters. It was the fourth day and she knew something was wrong. Her leg was starting to smell rotten and she could not get out of the bed.
Back to the hospital Aimee went. Aimee’s parents were notified and it was found that she had necrotizing fasciitis, which is a flesh eating disease. When Aimee fell into the creek, she was exposed to a bacteria called aeromonas hydrophila which is found in fresh or brackish water. She was put into a hyperbaric chamber and they hoped it would stop the bacteria from spreading and also to help aid the