I know everyone wants to know how Aimee is doing, so here’s the scoop:
Aimee is being Aimee. She’s cracking jokes, speaking frankly, displaying her usual early morning grumpiness and she has been off of the ventilator for over 10 hours. They are running an oxygen “mask” to her tracheostomy at an o2 level of only 35%, but the important thing is that she is getting zero breath per minute (bpm) assists. In other words, she is breathing completely on her own! How cool is that?
Bottom line: Aimee is doing great today. *insert crazy-grin-happy-face here*
Which brings me to this mythical “cone of silence” that we have supposedly retreated into.
The only cone I have ever retreated into is a cone of Pralines & Cream (triple scoop). Yeah, I could retreat into that cone for quite some time. Rest assured that I have not been eating Pralines & Cream for the past three days. Please allow me to explain my silence.
I have been gone from Snellville for two weeks now. Do you know how much mail piles up in two weeks? Now you can multiply that times ten for all the great cards and letters we have received from the public. The level of prayer and support has been phenomenal and we intend to read every card and send thank you cards for every gift.
I also had a doctor appointment, I needed a haircut (shout out to the guys at Gerald’s), opened a bank account (shout out to the great folks at UCB in Snellville), get some work done at my office (though admittedly only a paltry amount) and I hung out with my awesome neighbors in the evening hours.
This week I have to start talking to my clients. Being deprived of them has been an unnerving experience for me. My goal is to talk to all of them by June 3. I honestly wish I could see them all face-to-face by then. If so, I would give them all a great big hug. I love each and every one of them dearly.
I knew I was spending too much time with the media when my parents said they were having to watch CNN for updates on Aimee. Not good. You may not realize it, but talking to the media is a full-time job. The only problem is that it doesn’t pay anything. Nada. Zipola. I have a family to support and it is not going to help Aimee if I am not being the provider that I have to be. Two of my most important responsibilities are to pray for and provide financial support for my family. Everything else, including blog posting, organizing blood drives and conducting media interviews is secondary. I see that now.
Therefore I know you will all forgive me for being silent these past two days. I truly appreciate your gracious kindness, continued prayers and unbridled support. It is people like you who make America great and don’t you forget that.
I want to also give you all a piece of advice. If a stranger ever walks up to you and offers you sage wisdom, you’d best be listening. That stranger could just be an angel from above. Yes, there is a story behind this and rest assured that I will tell it at a later date.
God bless you all and good night!
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I lost my right arm to the elbow to this deadly bacteria 2yrs ago,from an insect bite.I luckly had insurance,glad you have a way for people to help.I would like to tell anyone who can help to do so. My month long hospital stay,and surgeries were over $400,000 dollars.Aimees will be so much more.So if you read this, please help as much as you can.
I am currently unemployed because I am taking care of my in-laws & therefore have very little money. I myself have gone through a couple of life-changing surgeries (all due to a genetic medical condition). I may have hospital bills that I may be unable to pay but I can not pass up the chance to make a donation to help Aimee & her family out. My family taught me to share even if it meant I had to go without. It always puts a smile on my face when I am able to share what little I have. Ty God bless u… <3
Like every visitor to this website (and follower of Amy’s story) I’m awestruck by the power of the human spirit, the power of family love, the spiritual grace and testimony represented here. How could one not be moved or affected? The community response to Amy’s situation has been heart-lifting as well. Our african drumming group performed at a fundraiser for Amy this past Tuesday at the Sunnyside Cafe’. I do agree that we should all chip in to help alleviate the family’s great burden. Nonetheless, after reading more details about the financial challenges described above (and after reading Robert’s testimony in the follow-up comment section) I feel compelled to “vent” just a little bit: We are living in one of the world’s wealthiest nations, and yet someone who spends a month in the hospital is saddled with a debt amounting to nearly twice what a very good middle class home costs around here. This is a level of debt the commenter may never get out from under. Amy’s cost (though worth every penny and more) will create a debt that is far greater. But what is wrong with this picture? I just read that here in the U.S. around a million people went bankrupt recently because of medical emergencies like this – and 75% of these had health insurance. Meanwhile up in Canada…ZERO families went bankrupt or lost their life savings because of medical needs. While I’m not too certain about the efficacy or fairness of “Obamacare” per se, I’m also not convinced that our current system is grounded in righteousness either (although I honor our great/dedicated doctors and nurses). The amount of negative propaganda out there actively working against a single-payer universal healthcare system strikes me as vile and counter-productive. Good citizens and caring spiritual people everywhere need to start discussing this issue in an open-minded and unclouded fashion. “It’s not about ‘left vs. right’, it’s about right vs. wrong.” This Friday (tomorrow evening) there is a film that will be featured and then discussed titled “The Health Care Movie”(2011), narrated by Kiefer Sutherland. This event is taking place at the Underground Bookstore just off the square in Carrollton, GA. I would urge any and all to consider attending (7:00pm). The discussion or dialog after the film should be quite interesting, and hopefully productive. We will encourage all attendees to lift up Amy in their prayers, and in their financial support.
Using Aimee’s situation to expouse your political view is disgusting. And her name is Aimee, not Amy. You are pathetic.
HEY MIKE U R RUDE AIMMEE IS AMY NO MATTER HOW U SPELL IT IM GLAD GOD IS HEALING AIMMEE N NOT U OR ANY OTHER COMPLAINERS THIS IS ABOUT HER GOD BLESS AIMMEES FAMILY GOD GIVE THEM GRACE N PEACE N LOVE THANKU FATHER GOD GREAT KING OF THE UNIVERSE WE LOVE YOU LORD
i think this dad is way too cheerful about this whole thing. i wouldnt even want to live if i was in that condition.
Oh Dear ima54601,
Until one is in a similiar situation, they will never know how they would react to it. Mr. Copeland is “Way to cheerful” because by the grace of God, his precious daughter is ALIVE! And speaking from someone who was in Aimees’s condition, almost exactly, you do want to live! Not to say that when she is released from the hospital and life continues on, Aimee will go thru some of the hardest emotional ups and downs known to man. But she will get thru it, even though life will be different for her. I truly believe God’s work for Aimee wil come from her illness. I believe the same from my illness, even though I don’t know what it is yet. I went on to marry and have three children, so maybe they are the reason for my recovery. Life is hard but we must know in our hearts that God has “got our back”!!
Thank God Aimee doesn’t have your attitude. Maybe you don’t have much of a life to live for, most of us would fight to live for our families. Her father is not being “cheerful” about the situation. He is a father trying to cope with a tragedy and stay strong. Being sad and negative is detrimental to his family and to Aimee. You should not judge others until you have been in the same situation.
Shame on you, ima54601. I would not describe Aimee’s dad as “cheerful” but “cheering” and that optimism and love is exactly what Aimee needs during this trial. Of course he should be happy-he is witnessing miracles and his daughter’s strength every day and is experiencing the power faith. Thatta girl, Aimee! You are defying the odds and the world is rooting you on!
i have prayed for aimee from the time i heard about her disease and will continue to do so …i pray she turn it to something positive.she sounds like a strong young lady ,with a loving family…thank god for her improvement…will continue to keep up with her.i pray god heal her and take her back home to her family…god bless you aimee…faye and jack adkins from wv.
Torço pela recuperação rapida de Aimme, é muito comovente sua história. Peço a Deus que abençoe.
I have A L S and have progressed to where I need lots of help. Don’t give up Aimee. The real gifts from god are all the people and beautiful things around you” most of those things are free and come from genuine love. I want to send you a copy of a book of prose poetry and writings my mom wrote over the tears she loved the world around us and it will be inspirational. Email me an address that I can mail it to. Also on the new I pad you can speak into it and it will type what you say.
The new I-pad. Will also respond to you when you speak to it, and I believe it will link to your I-phone. 🙂 Phil akin
Dear Aimee,
Having dealt with a horrible chronic pain in my feet for 7 years now, God has sustained me and blessed me with the miracle of healing. Peripheral Neuropathy took my ability to walk or stand, but it could not steal my faith! Like you, Aimee, I did not want to take strong pain medication. A Pain level of 10++ required that I use morphine at first, and like you I did not want to take it. Now I thank God that he provided a temporary treatment which today I no longer need! Please know that others are in the world who deal with such pain and are praying for you.
A Sister in Christ, Paula Conger. Paulaconger@comcast.net