Aimee Copeland's first stop out of rehab yesterday was to a steakhouse for lunch with her family, said her father, Andy. She then went to her parents' house in Snellville, Georgia, and relaxed with her sister, Paige, watching television.
Copeland has settled into a specially outfitted wing of her parents' home that was built just for her and donated by a local homebuilder, CNN reported.
The University of West Georgia graduate student was out with friends May one at the Little Tallapoosa River, about 80km west of Atlanta, when the home-made zip line she was holding snapped. She fell and got a gash in her leg that required 22 staples to close.
Three days later, still in pain, she went to an emergency room, and doctors eventually determined she had necrotising fasciitis caused by the flesh-devouring bacteria Aeromonas hydrophila.
Doctors had to carry out the amputations in order to save her life. She spent two months in an Augusta, Georgia, hospital before moving to the rehab on July 2.
Andy Copeland said his daughter "loves" the new wing that was built for her. It includes a living room, bedroom and bathroom along with a fitness room, sun-room, study room and three outdoor areas.
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The wing also includes access ramps, an elevator, guide rails in the bathroom and a separate wash sink Copeland can use to clean her new prosthetics.
Copeland has been working hard on her rehabilitation, determined to live as independently as possible, CNN quoted her father as saying.
A number of bacteria that are common in the environment but rarely cause serious infections can lead to necrotising fasciitis, or flesh-eating bacteria syndrome.
The infection attacks and destroys healthy tissue and is fatal about 20 per cent of the time, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.