Ga. student's amazing recovery from flesh-eating infection

After Couric interviewed the family, she announced that an Atlanta-area Chevrolet dealer was in the studio to give Copeland a new minivan that will be retrofitted so she can drive it.

In this Monday, July 2, 2012 file photo provided by Andy Copeland, Aimee Copeland smiles as she leaves a hospital in Augusta Ga., headed for an inpatient rehabilitation clinic. On Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, after more than three months in the hospital and a rehabilitation clinic, Copeland, who survived necrotizing fasciitis, returned home to a family dinner and a wheelchair-accessible house now equipped with an exercise room and private elevator. (AP Photo/Courtesy Andy Copeland, File)

In this Saturday, June 23 2012 file photo provided by the Copeland family, Aimee Copeland is seen outside Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Ga. Aimee was released from Doctors Hospital on Monday, July 2, 2012. She moved to an inpatient rehabilitation clinic in Atlanta, the Shepherd Center, and spent about two months learning to move herself with the aid of a wheelchair.

The 24-year-old University of West Georgia graduate student survived a flesh-eating bacterial infection that forced doctors to amputate most of her left leg, her right foot and both hands. The infection, necrotizing fasciitis, occurred after she gashed her leg following a zip line accident on a Georgia river May 1, 2012. After spending weeks in a Ga. hospital as doctors tried to stop the infection's spread, Copeland was finally able to breathe on her own and speak by late May. Copeland also underwent painful skin grafts during her recovery to replace skin that was destroyed by the infection.

This undated family photo shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland.

This undated family photo shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland.

This undated photo provided by the family shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland.

This undated family photo shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland.

This undated family photo shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland.

This undated family photo shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland.

This undated family photo shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland.

This undated photo provided by the family shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland.

This undated family photo shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland.

This undated photo provided by the family shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland.

This undated photo shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland, left, with a family member.

An undated photo shows Aimee Copeland with her family.

This undated family photo shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland, right.

This undated family photo shows Aimee Copeland, second from right.

This undated family photo shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland, left.

This undated family photo shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland, right.

This undated family photo shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland.

This undated family photo shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland, right.

This undated family photo shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland.

This undated family photo shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland, left.

This undated family photo shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland, left.

This undated photo shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland, right, with family members.

This undated family photo shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland.

This undated family photo shows 24-year-old Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland.

Jesse Duke, left, and his fiance Whitney Hall hug at a vigil for University of West Georgia student Aimee Copeland Thursday, May 10, 2012 in Melson Hall on the campus of the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Ga.

University of West Georgia psychology professor Dr. Tobin Hall, third from right, reads from Rumi at a vigil for University of West Georgia student Aimee Copeland Thursday, May 10, 2012 in Melson Hall on the campus of the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Ga.

Friends and family listen to University of West Georgia psychology professor Dr. Tobin Hall reads from Rumi at a vigil for University of West Georgia student Aimee Copeland Thursday, May 10, 2012 in Melson Hall on the campus of the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Ga.

Ken Lewis, left, hugs Allison Schmitt following a vigil for University of West Georgia student Aimee Copeland Thursday, May 10, 2012 in Melson Hall on the campus of the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Ga.

In this Saturday, June 23 2012 file photo provided by the Copeland family, Aimee Copeland, left, poses with her parents, Andy and Donna Copeland, outside Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Ga.

This screen grab shows a Facebook page dedicated to University of West Georgia student Aimee Copeland.