Incredible recovery of a 16 yr old girl
who lost her hair, fingertips and
half of her skin in
freak home
explosion 2 months ago
On November 10th 2014, 16 year old Kilee
Brookbank returned to her home in
Georgetown, Ohio and perceived a strange
odour. To combat the odour, Kilee lit a
candle and that was when her life changed
forever. The house immediately exploded and
she was engulfed in flames that razed off 25%
of her skin. The freak explosion burned off her
finger tips, hair, eyebrows, eyelashes, and
obliterated the skin from her arms, back, legs,
face, and stomach with third-degree burns.
The fire was so aggressive it went right to the
fat beneath her skin, leaving her hands milk-
bottle white
Her mother and stepfather were at work when
the house exploded and Kilee ran out the half
destroyed walls into the street on fire. Her
neighbours began throwing buckets of water
on her as they made efforts to call her
parents. She was rushed to a helipad with her
mother then flown to Cincinnati Children's
Hospital 20 minutes away, then transferred to
the specialist unit at Shriner's down the road
where her father met them.
In the emergency room doctors cut open her
arms in a desperate bid to reduce the
swelling, while she was given oxygen, an IV,
and doused in antibiotic solution.
Incredibly, the 16 year old has made a quick
recovery two months later and and this week
she took the ultimate step to go back to
school. After four operations, skin grafts on
her hands, and two months of physiotherapy,
Kilee has returned to RULH High School,
where she is honour student and plays
soccer. She is one out of many lucky people
who have escaped the harsh effect of fire
outbreak.
"I guess I'm just lucky,' Brookbank said
to WCPO "It makes you stronger. You
don't take anything for granted. It's life
changing. I know there's worse things
that can happen.'
Few could imagine anything much worse than
lighting a candle to get rid of a foul smell,
then almost burning to death.
'It felt normal,' she said. 'My body felt
the same, kind of numb. My hands felt
different. I remember it was really hot,
but it didn't hurt.'
Investigators are still working to understand
the cause of the fire, which is likely to have
been a propane gas leak. See her pics
below...
Source: UK Daily Mail
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