'It's a miracle.' Woman who fell into Yellowstone hot spring released from hospital after 4 months
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
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IDAHO FALLS - A woman who was severely burned after falling into a thermal feature while trying to save her dog has been released from the hospital.
Laiha Slayton, 21, has undergone 18 surgeries since being admitted to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center four months ago following the accident at Yellowstone National Park. She was burned from the chest down and her palms “were completely gone,” according to Kami Slayton, Laiha’s sister.
“A lot of people didn’t think she’d survive, let alone be where she is now,” Kami tells EastIdahoNews.com this week. “She’s doing amazing. It’s a miracle.”
Laiha was moving from Washington to Ohio in early October with her father, Woodrow, and two Shih Tzu dogs, Chevy and Rusty. They had never been to Yellowstone so detoured to the park and stopped near Madison Junction. As Laiha went to grab the dogs’ leashes, they jumped out of the car and waited at her feet.
A geyser from a nearby stream splashed hot water on Rusty’s paw and he took off running into Maiden’s Grave Spring near the Firehole River. Laiha ran after her pet and ended up in the thermal feature where the water temperature is around 200 degrees Fahrenheit.
Woodrow pulled his daughter and the dog from the spring and rushed them, along with Chevy (who was not injured), to West Yellowstone, Montana.
“I just remember hearing Rusty yelping a lot and it makes me sad,” Laiha recalls. “I was in the worst pain I’ve ever felt in my life and I don’t think I can really compare it to anything. We had to drive 16 miles because there was no service to call 911. I was awake for all of that and (when we got to the ambulance), I kept asking them to put me to sleep.”
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Laiha was flown to the EIRMC in critical condition and placed in a medically induced coma. She had second-degree burns over 70% of her body and third-degree burns covering 20%, according to Kamilla.
A long road of recovery
The Burn Center at EIRMC opened three years ago and over 100 critically injured patients were treated in 2021.
“We have a dedicated burn ER room where we can keep patients warm, resituate them, manage pain and sedate them if needed,” says Dr. Tait Olaveson, EIRMC’s Burn Director. “We get patients from all over the region - Montana, Boise, Wyoming, Oregon, Washington and even patients further away.”
Laiha’s mother, Ladonna Levine, flew to Idaho from Ohio to be with her daughter and husband. Doctors worked to remove dead skin and tissue from Laiha’s body and her family prayed her condition would improve.
“With any burn, the peak of death would be from the burn itself and then 2-3 weeks later, the second peak is caused by infection because the patient has no immune system,” Olaveson says. “Sometimes patients are sedated and on a ventilator for a month, month and a half in the ICU as we monitor them for any sort of infection.”
Laiha doesn’t remember waking up from the coma but her mom has shown her video of the moment. Laiha couldn’t really talk and was on high doses of pain medication. She began intense therapy to heal her body and train her skin to feel again.
The burn center has a dedicated operating room and patients use special showerheads to reduce pain. Laiha worked closely with her doctors and at least one of her parents has been by her side every day for the past four months.
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Shes one lucky young woman! I'm glad she's doing well. Best wishes to her.
So glad she is doing so well!!! Thanks to all involved in her surgical procedures and recovery. Her positive outlook helps too! Best wishes to this lovely young lady and obviously wonderful dog owner.
Laiah, you look fantastic and healthy. You and your sister are a class act! Keep the faith!
Amazing! So very glad for her to be healing so quickly and well!
Bless her and all her remarkable family so much!! So happy she’s doing better now, I remember that innocent, o was so concerned about her. Keep shining, big blessings, much love💖
I am so glad to see you doing so well; God Bless You my dear!
Thank You So much For Sharing Your Beautiful! STORY! God BLESS You. Thank You!!
What an incredible family. Thanks for following up on their story. So inspirational. I have added my prayers that you will continue with your healing and can go on with your life goals.
Hi! This is SUCH Amazing Story! And How Far She Has Come and Getting Better Each DAY!!
Thanks for sharing this story .. continue healing to you all 🙏🏼
That's absolutely great to hear! Congrats on the recovery. I personally know it is an extensive process but as I'm sure you know. As time goes on it gets a little better.
Hello and God bless from Connecticut! So glad this video contains a full explanation for this whole awful accident. I hope she has a full and Happy life. She's s-o-o brave! 💕❤️
Best interview ever! Laiah, you look fantastic and well. You and your sister are a class act!
I'm so glad your ok. God Bless you going forward. Sorry about your dog.
Wow she’s so unbelievably strong. So thankful she’s doing good. God is so good!!
God did nothing. Modern medicine saved her.
Love her sister's shirt too!!
Absolutely amazing young woman. I can't imagine how strong you are. God bless you
I can only imagine the heartbreak of hearing your pet in pain and rushing to save it. I cannot imagine the heartbreak her dad had at seeing his daughter in that same pain. Thank the Lord she has survived, is fighting strong, and beautiful both inside and out.
God Bless You 🙌 🙏 you are an amazing person ❤ So glad you covered this story, Nate Eaton from East Idaho News
Happy do her she getting better. From a grateful 🙏 great grandma 🙏 👵 in Toledo Ohio
Glad she is doing well!
Nate, This was an excellent interview. You are a very professional and compassionate person. I especially enjoy your Secret Santa videos!!
Sweet sisters. I’m so happy she made it through this. 💖💕
Poor baby girl keep ur head up
Woah, what an inspiring survival experience
I Wish you a Speedy Recovery 😊👏
I praise God for blessing you this far! He has you in His hands. Grab onto His hem.☮️💖🙏✝️🙌🤜
I hadn’t heard about the story at all!!! I am very happy for her, under the circumstances, after she fell into the hot spring! My prayers are with you, Laiha(sp.? Sorry!)!!! May God bless you and your family at this time!
Glad she is doing well, two nice kids, a credit to their parents.
Even here in the UK, we heard about it so, good news!
God bless her! Prayers for you!
Hope you’re healing well
I'm awed by your strength. I hope it continues to get better and better.
Amazing story glad she is doing so well, wishing her all the best, stay positive. ❤
Unbelievable recovery. What a brave girl. Very proud of her…sure it’s very difficult. Hats off to all those from around the world that helped her parents and sister be with her through their donations. A parent of a child would do what she did and her dog was her child…so totally get it. Amazing that her father got her out so quickly. Best wishes to the entire family.
Wow! What an amazing story of survival. What a strong young lady. The best to her going forward.
Hey Nate.I live in Colorado and so enjoy your reporting. You make the world a little bit brighter
The Dodo and East Idaho news are the best. Just a guy from Michigan
Wow 4 months I'm very happy to see her out of the hospital.
I honestly thought there was no way anyone could survive that accident. I pictured them having their skin melt away. I figured her doggy did not survive. Best wishes and improved health to her!
💜🙏Sweet lady🙏
Truly a miracle !!!
Idaho State University has a great dental school would be good for a hygienist!! Maybe now that you are close you can try to go there only 6 hours to be a full time student!! Prayer for your continued recovery!!
No good deed goes unpunished.
That retired police officer have great talent and his nativity scene was gorgeous!
God Bless You best wishes
You can get another dog but you can’t get another life. This is stupidity and you giving her a platform like she save a baby in a burning house is everything wrong with this society.
Cheers to the docs and their "really high drugs."
May God continue to heal her, so she can return home and get on with her life.
I'm confused. There is no back story. Did she not know the water was hot?
It's so sad to see that people will do this they will jump in there for their animals that's just stupid I'm sorry I love my animals but if he jumps into a hot stream like that there's nothing that you can do you don't jump in after them because you're going to end up just like them either dead or burnt to a Crisp some of those are hot enough to evaporate a human body it's already happen 6 years ago to a man
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I love my dog but would not jump in a hot spring after him. Losing a dog is traumatic but that poor dad would lose a daughter, also. They shouldnt allow dogs at these parks, too much could go wrong.
Wow
Good for you, we have been praying, Yellowstone is so dangerous
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Hopefully she has learned a very valuable lesson from her mistake
HIW MANY SIGNS, they need tobpost about DOGS AND PETS NOT being allowed in that area??
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Idiot. Dogs naturally run to water so never give them the chance to possibly escape. That poor dog because of an Inompetent person, my heart breaks fir it and she sits there laughing. Sick
Maybe they need more protection around these hot springs.
I wanted to know how to survive that its really impossible the man death this woman alive.i want to know how to survive that if falling
DO NOT CHASE YOUR ANIMALS INTO YELLOWSTONE. If they fall into a hot spring, just accept you don't have a pet anymore. It's not worth your life and health.
Her dog ,her responsibility, she clearly loved him enough that she thought he was worth it and if she felt he was worth it, who the hell is anyone to tell you otherwise! She got burned for just trying and at least she knows she did her best, didn’t just stand there.
@@tinamartinez4397her love made her do something extremely reckless. If she wasn’t aware of the danger of the water that’s understandable. But if she was aware and knew she could possibly die in seconds, the dog near instantly, and still does this? Then she’s just dumb
I’m a little behind. What’s the story of her falling in? And what’s the shirt and arm mean? Etc
Perhaps I should say can someone send link of first video
She didn't leash up the dog before he ran out of the car & fell in a hotpot.
The shirt is Laiah strong for her sister.
Listen to her story before judging
I'm glad that the girl's OK. That sure must've been a terrible experience for her and her family. But, why would people take their pet to Yellowstone, anyway? There are plenty enough parks and forests around, as it is. I'm sure dogs aren't any more impressed in seeing a geyser than in seeing a nearby fire hydrant. A squirrel in a forest isn't gonna jump out from behind a tree and attack. You sure can't say the same about a bear in Yellowstone, either.
Delaware ohio not far from me.
The amnesiac medications that are available now are such a mercy!
oh my they must have Health Insurance that is over the top and support from all over to add to her recovery... gofundme... may it be a answer for you to see all your healing help. i have dental work my dentist needs 10,000 . i am afraid to use my ss# on gofundme for that. even though i need that help, my teeth need restoration... I am forever grateful you are finding the answer that heal you. i feel ashamed of my teeth. i will wear the masked even when we dont need to. until my miracle happens. i have believe by faith something will happen that i can get what i need, and dentist can do surgery to do it... So grateful you made it, and your puppy i know how it hurt, about that....blessings to you and total recovery....
Follow the trails people! That's why there is safety areas. 😡😡😡
Please read the story behind her injuries before passing judgment. 🙏
@@catherinelittle9814 exactly 🥺