Paige Copeland, center, wipes her eyes as her parents Donna and Andy Copeland speak about their daughter Aimee, Thursday, May 10, 2012, who remains in critical condition at Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Ga., after contracting a devastating bacterial infection known as necrotizing fasciitis last week. Doctors say the young woman battling the flesh-decaying bacteria she contracted after a zip line accident will lose her hands and remaining foot to the infection. But Aimee Copeland's father says the 24-year-old college student is improving. (AP Photo/The Augusta Chronicle, Emily Rose Bennett)
Writing on his Facebook page, Andy Copeland declared Sunday "Aimee Day," adding, "Our baby can talk." No further details were available, but by Monday morning more than 100 well-wishers had posted encouraging comments on his post.
Aimee Copeland, 24, developed necrotizing fasciitis after cutting her leg in a May 1 fall from a homemade zip line over a west Georgia river. Her left leg, other foot and both hands have been amputated.
She began breathing on her own last week and was able to sit up in a chair on Thursday.
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