This participant chooses to remain unnamed. She was burned at six months of age in Korea. One day the participant and her mother went to visit her grandfather in another town where he was a gold miner. Her grandfather had a stove that also served as a heat source for the home. One day during their visit, the participant's mother went out to fetch some water. She left the participant lying on the floor where she slept, while in her grandfather's care. While his daughter was retrieving water, the grandfather decided to go to a neighbors house to invite him to dinner with his family. The grandfather saw that the participant was sleeping and left her there to finish her nap. While unattended, the participant woke up and crawled towards the fire. Her mother retuned with the water to find her baby had crawled too close and somehow had gotten her leg caught in the fire. Her mother snatched her from the fire, but it was too late, the damage had been done. Her leg and foot would never be the same. 

Upon returning back to her village, her mother was forbidden to return to the home for several weeks. She was being punished for leaving her baby unattended and this terrible tragedy taking place. The participant's father and grandmother cared for her during the weeks her mother was banished. Her family was very poor and could not afford medical care. Every day her grandmother would go down to the river and dig for clay then return to the home and smother her burns with the mineral rich earth. This would pull the heat from the leg and allow it to heal. There were several days where the participant slipped into a coma - her eyes were rolled back in her head and she was unresponsive. Her grandmother and father called a friend to come help them dig a grave for the participant, they were sure she wouldn't live much longer. The day her grave was scheduled to be dug, she awoke from the coma and showed signs of healing. As the weeks went by her toes began to wither and fall off. It is remarkable that she was able to recover from such a severe injury without the help of traditional medicine or skin grafting. 

* A note from the author: The participant became acquainted with the author's mother in 1985 soon after the author was burned. They met in church and became friends that had bonded over survival stories. The two women lost touch a couple of years later. Once the author made social media posts promoting the project a mutual friend passed along the Untitled Project information to the participant. The participant came to realize that the author was the baby who was burned in 1985 was the creator or the project. She quickly reached out and joined the project and I am thrilled to have her!