UNTIL 7:00 TONIGHT. >> MJ, COME ON, BUDDY. >> MJ, IT’S THE POLICE. IT’S OK, COME ON. JOYCE: TONIGHT A THREE-YEAR-OLD BOY AND HIS GRANDMOTHER ARE REUNITED FOLLOWING A RAGING FIRE AND THIS HEROIC RESCUE AT THEIR MOBILE HOME. THE WOMAN SUFFERED SEVERE BURNS AND SPENT THE LAST TWO MONTHS IN A HOSPITAL. PATRICK: 12 NEWS HANNAH HILYARD SPOKE WITH HER ABOUT HER LONG JOURNEY TO RECOVERY. HANNAH: IT IS THIS MOMENT, KIMBERLY HAS BEEN ANTICIPATING ALL SUMMER. THE MOMENT SHE REUNITED WITH HER-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON, MJ> >> IT’S BEEN A LONG ROAD. >> HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN? >> JUST UNDER TWO MONTHS. HANNAH: JUNE 19, A FIRE TORE THROUGH THE FAMILY’S MOBILE HOME . AS FIRST RESPONDERS RESCUED LITTLE MJ, KIMBERLY GOT OUT ON HER OWN, BUT WITH BURNS. >> I KNEW WE WERE HAVING — HEADING TO FREIGHTER IN THE AMBULANCE. I DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING AFTER THAT. HANNAH: SHE SPENT 10 DAYS IN A COMA AND 57 DAYS AT ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL AND REHAB. >> THIRD DEGREE BURN FROM HERE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MY FEET. >> WHAT WAS THE HARDEST PART? >> BEING AWAY FROM MY FAMILY. HANNAH: NOW SHE IS BACK WITH THEM. >> HANGING OUT WITH HER NEXT TO HER IN THE CHAIR. HANNAH: EVEN THOUGH SHE LOST A LOT IN THE FIRE. >> LITERALLY ALL OF MY BELONGINGS. I STARTED FROM SCRATCH WITH THAT TRAILER. HANNAH: SHE DID NOT LOSE EVERYTHING. >> I AM SO THANKFUL TO BE ALIVE, TO BE HOME, TO BE WITH MY FAMILY. I COULD NOT IMAGINE NOT. HANNAH: KIMBERLY SAYS SHE WILL LIKELY HAVE TO USE HER WALKER FOR SIX TO 12 MONTHS, BUT SHE IS JUST GRATEFUL TO BE OUT OF THE HOSPITAL IN WITH A ROOF OVER HER HEAD. REPORTING IN MILWAUKEE, HANNAH HILYARD, WISN 12 NEWS. JOYCE: IN THE HOSPITAL KIMBERLY TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID. SHE HAD TO QUARANTINE FOR 21 DAYS
Grandma hospitalized with third-degree burns for 57 days goes home
West Allis woman reunited with her grandson who was rescued in same mobile home fire
After nearly two months, a West Allis woman severely injured in a mobile home fire is out of the hospital. Kimberly Guy remembers waking up in the middle of the night to her home on fire June 19. As first responders dramatically rescued her 3-year-old grandson MJ, Guy walked out on her own.”I’m like ‘I need to sit.’ I said, ‘My feet hurt.’ I knew nothing about the back side of me,” Guy said. She said her nightgown caught fire. Paramedics rushed her to Froedtert Hospital. “I didn’t know anything after that,” she said. She spent the next 10 days in a coma at St. Mary’s burn unit battling third-degree burns, COVID-19 and pneumonia. In total, she spent 50 days in the hospital and a week in rehab. When asked what the hardest part was, Guy said, “Being away from the family.”Now, she’s reunited with them. Her medical team released her last Tuesday and that’s when she was able to surprise MJ at home.”I’m just looking out the window, and he gets all excited. I’m like, ‘Come here!’ He gives me a hug and it’s ‘Mimi this and Mimi that,'” Guy said.Guy’s daughter, Noelle, who was also injured in the fire, said she’s happy her mom is home. “I can come home and see her, make food for her, hang out with her next to her in the chair,” she said.Guy did lose all of her belongings in the June fire, but she didn’t lose everything. “Oh, I’m so thankful to be alive, to be home, to be with my family,” Guy said.
After nearly two months, a West Allis woman severely injured in a mobile home fire is out of the hospital.
Kimberly Guy remembers waking up in the middle of the night to her home on fire June 19.
As first responders dramatically rescued her 3-year-old grandson MJ, Guy walked out on her own.
“I’m like ‘I need to sit.’ I said, ‘My feet hurt.’ I knew nothing about the back side of me,” Guy said.
She said her nightgown caught fire.
Paramedics rushed her to Froedtert Hospital.
“I didn’t know anything after that,” she said.
She spent the next 10 days in a coma at St. Mary’s burn unit battling third-degree burns, COVID-19 and pneumonia. In total, she spent 50 days in the hospital and a week in rehab.
When asked what the hardest part was, Guy said, “Being away from the family.”
Now, she’s reunited with them.
Her medical team released her last Tuesday and that’s when she was able to surprise MJ at home.
“I’m just looking out the window, and he gets all excited. I’m like, ‘Come here!’ He gives me a hug and it’s ‘Mimi this and Mimi that,'” Guy said.
Guy’s daughter, Noelle, who was also injured in the fire, said she’s happy her mom is home.
“I can come home and see her, make food for her, hang out with her next to her in the chair,” she said.
Guy did lose all of her belongings in the June fire, but she didn’t lose everything.
“Oh, I’m so thankful to be alive, to be home, to be with my family,” Guy said.
