Teen In The ICU With Horrific Burns After Trying A TikTok Fire Challenge
Portland, Oregon. 13-year-old Destini Crane is now in the ICU suffering from horrific burns after her family says she tried a TikTok fire challenge.
Destini’s sister Andrea explained that Destini was inside their apartment bathroom when she lit a candle.
Unfortunately, a bottle of isopropyl alcohol accidentally exploded after the candle was lit, and the alcohol covered nearly all of Destini’s body.
“On Thursday, May 14th, my 13-year-old sister Destini was lighting a candle in the bathroom of our apartment (we now are assuming and believe it was a for a fire TikTok trend she was recording) and a bottle of isopropyl alcohol exploded on her face, neck, chest, hair and right side of her body, setting her on fire,” Andrea wrote on a GoFundMe page.
GoFundMe; pictured above is Destini in the ICU
“She is currently in the ICU until her state can be assessed and taken off of the ventilator, and then will be moved to the burn unit for skin grafts.”
Since Destini was left unable to talk, her family is waiting for her to wake up so they can try to piece together exactly what happened in the bathroom that day.
Destini is on a ventilator and a feeding tube, and she also had to have surgery for a tracheotomy.
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She recently underwent her first skin graft surgery, but she has many more surgeries ahead of her.
Destini will need skin grafts on her face, neck, chest, and arms. In the most recent update on Destini’s condition, her sister shared that she is stable yet still in critical condition.
“The swelling in her face is almost completely gone, she can open and see with both eyes, use her left hand and she’s starting to form words (even though she can’t talk just yet),” Andrea said.
“We are hoping tomorrow she will move to the burn unit (one more visitor is allowed and grandma is very very anxious to see how she’s doing).”
GoFundMe; pictured above is the bathroom where you can see some of the damage done by the fire
“This is just 1/4th of her long journey but we are so overjoyed to see her pretty eyes and know she can hear us again.”
Andrea is the sole provider of her family, and she takes care of Destini, her mom, and her grandmother.
She’s hoping to raise enough money to pay for all of Destinit’s medical care, and she still has a long road to recovery.
You can donate to the GoFundMe created for Destini and her family here.
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