CHARLOTTE — A mother told Channel 9 she was giving her baby a bath at a women’s shelter in north Charlotte when the water got so hot, it gave the baby third-degree burns.
Now, 5-month-old Ivii is at the Wake Forest Baptist Burn Center in Winston-Salem. She’s doing much better than she was on Thursday, which was when the freak accident happened.
Kimberly Munday spoke with Channel 9’s Dan Matics about what happened. She said at The Salvation Army women’s shelter, the water at certain sinks is hot enough to make instant coffee. She thought she was at one of the “good” sinks, but said when she turned the faucet to “cold,” it was scalding hot.
“She started screaming. A scream that I’ve never heard before,” Munday said. “I look down and she’s red. I pull her out and I lay her on the towel and she’s got blisters on her. All I could do was scream ‘she’s burnt, she’s burnt.’”
Ivii was taken to the emergency room before she was taken to Winston-Salem. Munday said her baby girl has third-degree burns and will likely need a skin graft later this week.
“It’s going to be a scar on her body for the rest of her life,” she said. “It wraps around her stomach, hip, and all the way around to the top part of her butt, lower part of her back.”
Munday said other residents have complained to shelter management about the plumbing.
“Our utmost concern is for the mother and the child, whom we expect to make a full recovery. We are providing support for them during this time,” The Salvation Army said in a statement to Channel 9.
Munday is without a home. She said The Salvation Army offered to pay for a hotel room when she returns to Charlotte, but she’s worried about medical bills. She’s set up a GoFundMe to help with those bills -- you can click here to contribute.
Munday also said she’s also contacted an attorney.
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