ROLLER-COASTER

Flesh-Eating Victim Improves

Father writes “every day, we claim a small victory.”

Doctors for Aimee Copeland, the Georgia woman who fell victim to a rare flesh-eating bacterial disease after a ziplining accident, say she has been improving, although she will suffer from a “roller-coaster ride of ups and lows” in the coming weeks and months. Copeland’s father, Aaron Copeland, who has been blogging about his daughter’s disease, wrote on Tuesday that “every day we claim a small victory” and “we don’t have to see physical progress, we seem to take comfort in simple words, silly actions and quiet moments.” As a result of the infection, doctors have removed Copeland’s abdomen and amputated a leg and expect to remove her fingers, her father said.