Burn victim
This is Joe. On February 20th, 2003 while enjoying a rock concert with a girlfriend, Karla, a special effects malfunction caused a fire to break out. The nightclub was way over capacity. Realizing quickly what was going on I made my way from near the front row to the nearest exit. In an effort to protect Karla, I placed my leather vest over her. As we made it towards the exit people fell in front of me and then on top of me. Karla suffocated and did not survive, but she was not burned. I was trapped and conscious throughout the entire ordeal. I could hear everything going on around me. The sounds of yelling were quite loud. Then it grew quieter and quieter. Then it was just me. Next, I heard the voice of a firefighter, “we’ve got one over here.” To date I have had 122 tune-ups (surgeries) and counting. I will continue to have surgeries for the rest of my life. I met my fiancé, Carrie, at the World Burn Congress in Vancouver in 2007. 2 years later, we got engaged. Now we have a baby, Hadley. Hadley’s so cute. I feel happy, nervous, fulfilled. Nobody knows what’s coming in an hour or two or five. I’m just determined to be the best dad I can be. I went into surgery to receive a hand transplant – so now I can feel my baby daughter’s soft hair.
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