GRAPHIC: Toddler returns home from burn unit a month after trash fire accident

SULPHUR, La. (KPLC/Gray News) - A 2-year-old Louisiana boy and his mother were welcomed home from the hospital a month after they were burned in a trash fire accident.

Hailey Brock, 21, and her 2-year-old son, Kayson, have been in a burn unit at a Lafayette hospital since Feb. 22 when an aerosol can thrown into a burn pit exploded. The toddler’s jacket caught fire, and his mother suffered serious burns from fighting to save his life, KPLC reports.

After multiple surgeries, both Brock and Kayson are recovering well. The mother received burns on her hands and needed skin grafts.

“I get to wear a glove now instead of the bandages,” Brock said.

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Kayson received burns to his face, both arm and both hands, according to the family’s GoFundMe. He also needed skin grafts.

Friends and family gathered to celebrate the family’s return to their Sulphur home, and Kayson got a special visit from Spider-Man.

“We’re finally not having to stay in Lafayette all the time. Hailey goes three times a week for therapy. They both go weekly to the burn clinic and still dressing changes twice a day, but everything is slowly getting back to normal,” said Kayson’s grandmother, Laurie Lominac.

She adds that this was a traumatic experience for the entire family. Kayson was in a medically induced coma for the first few days as he fought pneumonia.

“It was very hard seeing him just laying there and not talking, not being awake,” she said.

In an earlier interview, Lominac said her daughter is a hero who didn’t hesitate to put herself in harm’s way to help her son.

“I’m very proud of her. She saved his life,” Lominac said.

The firefighters who helped save Kayson are also looking forward to welcoming him home with a tour of the firehouse and a chance to get in a firetruck.

You can donate to the family’s GoFundMe here.

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