It is welcome home for the 12-year-old girl from Arkansas after being released from the hospital after contracting a rare amoeba infection.

Kali Hardig attended a press conference together with her family and physicians. The girl who survived the infection said she's lucky to survive.

In July, Kali has been infected by a rare and deadly brain-eating parasite after taking a dip at the Willow Springs Water Park in Arkansas. Reports said that the said water park has been closed after the incident.

The young Hardig, while cleared for hospital release, cannot go back to school as a full-time student. She needs to split her days for school and therapy until she's well enough to attend classes as a regular student.

Traci Hardig, the former patient's mom, stated that a miracle unfolded after being told of the worst-case scenario as her child remained in the ICU for the first 22 days. Now, she is ready to take her child home and calls it the greatest thing possible right now.

CNN reported that Kali will be back in school on Monday.

After her release, Kali is now known as one of the three persons who survived the same infection. According to National Geographic, one of the survivors was reported in 1978 after being treated with antibiotics, which didn't show the same effect to other patients in the United States.

Known scientifically as Naegleria fowleri, the brain-eating amoeba is a type of protist or microorganism living in warm, fresh water. It enters the body through the nose and travels freely to the brain, causing infection to the patient resulting in secondary symptoms like seizures and hallucinations. This infection is known to have 99 percent fatality rate.

Recently, Zachary Reyna, a 12-year-old boy from Florida, also contracted the same infection, but lost the battle and died in August.

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