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Aimee's rare infection: Hope amid seemingly hopeless ordeal

CARROLLTON, Ga. (Tuesday, May 15, 2012) -- A phenomenal response for Aimee Copeland on Tuesday at her college in Carrollton resulted more than 200 people offering to donate blood.

So many people lined up to donate the blood, dozens of others were turned away; they signed up to participate in a second blood drive on June 1.

Aimee Copeland, 24, is fighting a rare, flesh-eating bacteria, necrotizing fasciitis, which she contracted when she fell into the Little Tallapoosa River on May 1, during an outing with friends, and cut her leg.

Doctors have amputated her left leg at the hip, and she may also lose her remaining foot and her fingers.

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Aimee's fight for life: in darkest clouds, hope. Literally.

CARROLLTON, Ga. -- A phenomenal response for Aimee Copeland on Tuesday at her college in Carrollton resulted in more than 200 people offering to donate blood -- to save her life and the lives of others who need emergency blood transfusions in order to live.

Aimee Copeland, 24, is fighting a rare, flesh-eating bacteria, necrotizing fasciitis, which she contracted when she fell into the Little Tallapoosa River on May 1, during an outing with friends, and cut her leg.

Aimee Copeland laughing, smiling from hospital bed

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- She doesn't know she's lost her leg. It looks like she will have to lose her fingers as well, but Aimee Copeland appears to be in good spirits. 

"We saw Aimee laugh and smile," her father Andy Copeland blogged Monday night. "She told us some things she wanted, we played games with her and she was very stimulated. It was an amazing time."

"The nurses were even laughing and saying it sounded like a game show in Aimee's room," he added. "Today was a really huge day."

The Copeland family has been taking it one day at a time since Aimee fell from a homemade zipline over the Lower Tallapoosa River on May 1 and contracted a flesh-eating bacteria through a gash in her calf.

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Two blood drives planned for Aimee Copeland

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- A University of West Georgia graduate student is still in the hospital battling a flesh-eating bacterial infection she contracted after a fall from a homemade zip line. 

Aimee Copeland's doctors say they may need to amputate her remaining fingers and toes, but they want to save her palms to aid in future prosthesis fitting. 

Copeland's breathing tube is preventing her from speaking, but her parents say they are able to communicate with their daughter. 

"We know our daughter well enough to where we can almost figure out a little bit about what she wants to know," said her father Andy Copeland. 

As a result of her medication, Aimee remembers little about her accident. Her family has not told her about her leg amputation and say they are focused on remaining positive.

When does the school year end?

When does the school year end?

CARROLLTON, Ga. -- The last day of school is right around the corner for Carroll County students.

Public schools will dismiss for the summer on Wednesday, May 23.

The last days of school in other metro Atlanta districts are staggered throughout the second half of May. They include:

Wednesday, May 16
Clarke County

Thursday, May 17
Hall County

Friday, May 18
Bartow County
Clayton County
Fulton County

Tuesday, May 22
Atlanta Public Schools
Barrow County

Wednesday, May 23
Gwinnett County
Newton County

Thursday, May 24
Cobb County
Decatur City Schools
DeKalb County
Rockdale County