This is Kalleen, from Springfield, Ohio; she was burned on January 30th, 2017. While Kalleen and her family were fast asleep, a space heater caught fire. Once they awoke, the smoke and flames had already filled their home. Kalleen grabbed their infant in her arms and her husband, Rob, went to get their 3 year old from the back bedroom. As they were trying to open the door, they were engulfed in flames. Once out of the home, they were able to call for help, but it was in the middle of a snow storm. Due to the snow, no medieval could come get them - they had to go by ambulance. Kalleen, Rob, and the infant all sustained burn injuries, but Kalleen's was the most severe. 

Kalleen is burned on 75% of her body and was given a less than 20% survival rate. She remained in the hospital for 2 months and received multiple types of grafts - cadaver, pig, and synthetic skin. Her body ended up rejecting all of the grafts and they were forced to only use her own skin for grafting. This was a difficult task, considering the majority of her body was burned. Kalleen made a remarkably fast recovery and chose to leave the hospital and the soonest possible moment. She chose to continue recovering at home so she could be with her husband and children. 

* I met Katleen through a Facebook burn survivor group.