Aimee Copeland began speaking Sunday , her father says . She ` ` continues to talk and joke '' on Monday , he says . The century - old black woman is battling a flesh - eating disease . `` We discussed ideas of how to utilize wilderness therapy/eco-psychology for amputees . The disease has cost her her hands , a leg and her remaining foot .
Aimee Copeland began speaking Sunday , her father says . She ` ` continues to talk and joke '' on Monday , he says . The century - old black woman is battling a flesh - eating disease . The disease has cost her her hands , a leg and her remaining foot .