{"id":223645,"date":"2023-10-24T10:09:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T10:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/?p=223645"},"modified":"2023-10-24T10:09:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T10:09:43","slug":"parents-warning-after-four-year-old-daughter-is-hit-by-a-firework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/lifestyle\/parents-warning-after-four-year-old-daughter-is-hit-by-a-firework\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents&apos; warning after four-year-old daughter is hit by a firework"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Parents issue warning for Bonfire Night after four-year-old daughter was hit by a stray firework and had to have a skin graft<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rosie May left hospital after five weeks with full head and neck bandages<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Both mother and daughter are now ambassadors for the Children&#8217;s Burns Trust\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The parents of a brave ten-year-old girl\u00a0who needed a skin graft after she was hit by a firework are warning others of the dangers of Bonfire Night.<\/p>\n<p>Rosie May went to a Bonfire Night celebration in Cwmbran, South Wales six years ago where she was hit by a stray firework which left her with severe burns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She was rushed to A&amp;E and kept in hospital for over a month &#8211; before her family was told she had suffered a permanent neck injury.<\/p>\n<p>This week Rosie May gave a talk on fire and firework safety at her local school as an ambassador for the Children&#8217;s Burns Trust.<\/p>\n<p>Her mother, Eleanor Mason, 34, said: &#8216;We were terrified when she was hit, and didn&#8217;t know what would happen to her, but seeing her overcome it makes me so proud of her.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/10\/76927663-12665363-image-a-1_1698139531791.jpg\" height=\"760\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rosie May, 10, went to a Bonfire Night celebration in Cwmbran, South Wales five years ago where she was hit by a stray firework which left her with severe burns<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/10\/76928885-12665363-image-a-2_1698139683331.jpg\" height=\"648\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rosie May, 10, with her family &#8211;\u00a0Christian, 12, Eleanor, 34, James, 35, and baby William<\/p>\n<p>Ms Mason took Rosie and her son Christian, 12, over to a friend&#8217;s house in Cwmbran, South Wales, to celebrate Bonfire Night in 2017.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Young boy who suffered horrific facial injuries after &#8216;fireworks attack by teenage yobs while he was playing in the park with his friend&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Recalling the incident, Eleanor said: &#8216;We went over for a get-together to see some fireworks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Everything was being done safely and responsibly, we had a bucket of water on hand, sand, and were all a safe distance apart.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But then a multi-shoot firebox was lit and one didn&#8217;t shoot straight, it went off at an angle and shot off in Rosie&#8217;s direction.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The firework hit Rosie May who was only four at the time, in the front of her neck.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I rushed over terrified to see if she was ok.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She had a scarf and hood on which caught fire, I was panicking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We patted her down, got her inside the house and stripped her out her clothes immediately.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor phoned 999 where she was told by paramedics to put Rosie in a cold bath immediately and douse her in the water.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Once [paramedics] got to the house she was rushed to A&amp;E at Royal Gwent hospital in Newport,&#8217; Eleanor said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was horrible, it looked like a scene from Casualty.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/10\/76927657-12665363-image-a-4_1698139869273.jpg\" height=\"1127\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rosie May in hospital after being hit by a firework in 2017.\u00a0This week she gave a talk on fire and firework safety at her local school<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/10\/76929941-12665363-image-m-28_1698141544303.jpg\" height=\"1015\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rosie\u00a0was rushed to A&amp;E and kept in hospital for over a month, before her family was told she had suffered a permanent neck injury<\/p>\n<p>Rosie was blue-lighted to Morriston hospital in Swansea on the same evening for burns treatment, arriving at around 10pm.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor, a support worker, said: &#8216;I knew from my first aid training that if someone is screaming, the chances are they ok, but Rosie was silent, she just wanted to hold me<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was in total shock, it was a big scary thing for a little girl.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Rosie was kept in hospital for five weeks, where she had to be put under anaesthetic and have her neck wound meticulously cleaned.<\/p>\n<p>Surgeons then performed a skin graft on her, using skin from her scalp due to its similar pigmentation.<\/p>\n<p>She came out of hospital with full head and neck bandages.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/10\/76929939-12665363-image-m-29_1698141554060.jpg\" height=\"917\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rosie was kept in hospital for five weeks, where she had to be put under anaesthetic and have her neck wound meticulously cleaned<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/10\/76927677-12665363-image-a-5_1698139893196.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The firework hit Rosie May who was only four at the time, in the front of her neck<\/p>\n<p>Once Rosie was back at home, Eleanor and husband James had to clean her wound and redress it for months on end in the bath.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor said: &#8216;It was quite traumatic for her, even a year after she was reluctant to get into bath without being bribed!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We were regularly back and forth for hospital checkups, even now we still have check-ups, once every couple of years.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, the damage to Rosie was purely cosmetic, but her mother says it has also taken a toll on her mentally.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor said: &#8216;She&#8217;s been so good about it, she&#8217;s so resilient.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She&#8217;s also had counselling, just to give her the tools that she needs to fully put it behind her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We now go bowling on bonfire night instead.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Both mother and daughter are now ambassadors for the Children&#8217;s Burns Trust, while Rosie even goes into schools to talk about fire and firework safety.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/10\/76927661-12665363-Thankfully_the_damage_to_Rosie_was_purely_cosmetic_but_her_mothe-m-12_1698140458409.jpg\" height=\"811\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The damage to Rosie was cosmetic, but her mother says it has also taken a toll on her mentally<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor said: &#8216;She has turned a negative into a positive thing to help others who have been through similar things, we are so proud of her.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Chief Fire Officer Chris Bigland of Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service gave his top tips for enjoying bonfire night safely.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The safest way to enjoy bonfire night is to go to an organised event.<\/li>\n<li>Alcohol and fireworks don&#8217;t mix.<\/li>\n<li>Have exclusion zones around bonfires.<\/li>\n<li>Have someone there who is solely focused on safety.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Make sure you have a bucket of water nearby any big fire.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t let a fire get too large.<\/li>\n<li>If you are setting off fireworks, ensure you follow the correct procedure as outlined on the packaging.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bonfire Night &#8211; or Guy Fawkes night &#8211; is traditionally held on November 5.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12665363\/parents-bonfire-night-warning-firework-burns-daughter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents issue warning for Bonfire Night after four-year-old daughter was hit by a stray firework and had&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Parents&amp;apos; warning after four-year-old daughter is hit by a firework - All World Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/lifestyle\/parents-warning-after-four-year-old-daughter-is-hit-by-a-firework\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Parents&amp;apos; 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