Lana Kuykendall -- the South Carolina woman infected with flesh-eating bacteria shortly after giving birth to twins more than two months ago -- will go home soon, possibly as early as Tuesday, doctors said Monday.
Lana Luykendall talks about when she was diagnosed with having contracted flesh-eating bacteria.
Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old Georgia woman who has waged a two-month battle against flesh-eating bacteria, was released from a hospital Monday.
Aimee Copeland continues her recovery after losing her hands, one leg, and the other foot to flesh-eating bacteria.
The condition of Lana Kuykendall, the South Carolina woman infected with flesh-eating bacteria shortly after giving birth to twins nearly two months ago, is improving, her doctor said Friday.
A South Carolina mother who contracted a rare flesh-eating bacteria infection days after giving birth to twins is being transferred to a rehabilitation hospital Thursday, now that she has been upgraded to good condition, hospital officials said.
The young Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating bacteria underwent a successful skin graft this week as she continues her astounding recovery.
Aimee Copeland on Tuesday reached another milestone by being upgraded from critical to serious condition at the Georgia hospital where she has valiantly fought a condition caused by flesh-eating bacteria.
Brooke Baldwin and Elizabeth Cohen talk to a victim of flesh-eating bacteria.
Elizabeth Cohen has this story, plus an update on Aimee Copeland. The young woman's life changed from flesh-eating bacteria.
In the four weeks since his daughter cut her leg in the Tallapoosa River, Andy Copeland has experienced several low points. But nothing was as desperate as a moment in the surgical waiting room on May 4.
Brooke Baldwin talks to bacteria victim Bobby Vaughn about the flesh eating disorder.
For Andy Copeland, the "Aimee Day" event he'd been waiting for happened when he was in church.
Andrew Spencer reports on two women fighting flesh-eating bacteria and a survivor that wants to share her story of hope
The health of a South Carolina woman battling a rare flesh-eating bacteria has "slightly improved," a spokeswoman for a Greenville hospital said Thursday, though the new mother remains sedated and in critical condition.
Percy von Lipinski stood on a chair as he decorated his family's Christmas tree. While hanging a German glass ornament, he lost his balance and grabbed a branch, pricking his left hand on a pine needle as he regained his footing.
A woman in South Carolina is the second reported case of a flesh-eating bacteria. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.
CNN's Elizabeth Cohen on how a new mom in South Carolina was diagnosed with flesh-eating bacteria after giving birth.
Flesh-eating bacteria are common in the environment, but they rarely infect humans.
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