Father of flesh-eating bacteria victim encourages blood donation

10:05 PM, Jun 11, 2012   |    comments
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Columbia, SC (WIS/CNN) - The father of a Georgia college student battling a rare flesh-eating bacteria is rallying others to give blood to help his daughter.

Andy Copeland visited his alma mater, the University of South Carolina, Monday for a blood drive.

He issued a challenge to his daughter Aimee's alma mater, the University of Georgia, to see who could donate the most.

Aimee Copeland, 24, got the flesh-eating bacteria last month, after falling off a homemade zip line and cutting herself.

Since then, she's lost her hands, a leg and a foot to the infection and remains in the hospital.

Because of the amputations, she has received over 300 units of blood.

WIS/CNN