Aimee Copeland sitting up in a chair, beaming ear to ear

9:14 AM, May 24, 2012

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- For the first time since she contracted the flesh eating bacteria that has claimed her leg, both hands and her remaining foot, Aimee Copeland has been able to sit up in a chair this week.Blogging on Facebook Thursday morning, her father Andy Copeland compared Aimee's dogged determination to that of an Olympic athlete.
"When the doctors set the bar height, she raises it," he blogged. "She is determined to break records and her effort is beyond Olympian."
This week Aimee went a full 24 hours without a ventilator.
"Each breath is a victory. Each heart beat is a cause for celebration," her father blogged.
His complete blog post follows on her progress follows:

I was going to post on my blog on the West Georgia University site and post a link here, but the


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