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YOU HAD A TOUGH START TO LIFE. TELL US WHAT HAPPENED.
I was only just over one year old when I had an accident resulting in third-degree burns all over my body. I spent months in a coma and finally they found a way to operate to save me after I was taken to the Shriners Hospital in Boston, where they have special programs for kids with serious burns. Since then I have had around 45 surgeries as the overall damage to the skin was very serious. There