Facebook fundraiser started for 1-year-old severely burned in Wadena County house fire

FiresA toddler rescued from a burning home in Wadena County is in a fight for her life. There is hope she will pull through. Written By: Matt Henson | 11:24 pm, Apr. 14, 2021 VERNDALE, Minn. — Verndale 22-month-old Alaina Schultz underwent a four-hour surgery Wednesday, April 14, to remove the burned skin from her arms. It follows two similar procedures, with at least two more surgeries planned. Alaina has severe burns from her head down past her knees, about 79% of her body. “She loved giving kisses,” said Alaina’s grandmother Karen Schultz. Schultz says doctors have told her it may be several months before Alaina can do that again. “It’s my job as a parent, as a homeowner, to keep people safe in my home. To know that this happened in the room where my granddaughter was, it breaks my heart,” said Schultz with tears in her eyes. Last Wednesday, minutes after the little girl was put to bed, Karen Schultz and her 21-year-old daughter, Liberty, Alaina’s mother, heard the smoke alarms going off upstairs and rushed up to her room and saw flames up to the ceiling, feet from her granddaughter’s crib. “Knowing there is somebody on the other side…
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