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 .
Aimee Copeland began speaking Sunday , her father says . She `` continues to talk and joke '' on Monday , he says . The 24-year-old Georgia woman is battling a flesh-eating bacteria . The infection has cost her her hands , a leg and her remaining foot .