I'm thankful for...

this guy.

We started dating our junior year of high school.

Here we are at our high school graduation.

Before we knew it we were graduating from college!

His graduation

My graduation

But then the fire nation attacked...

...just kidding haha. He was involved in a serious accident involving a gasoline flash fire. Over 60% of his body was burned, mainly second and third degree. Never, ever, ever mix gasoline and fire. It is NEVER a good idea. Ok, end of safety spiel.

Slowly getting better

Out of respect for him i'm not posting most of the pictures of his healing process. We'll just skip ahead :) Most of his body healed really quickly. His torso and face looked almost brand new at this point! His legs, however, weren't healing well at all. His doctors decided it would be best for him to have grafting surgery. Skin was harvested from his thigh, and placed circumferentially around his legs from the knees down and across the tops of his feet.The grafting surgery actually improved the pain in his legs, but the pain at the harvesting site (his thigh) was bad. We were happy though, because we knew it could only get better from here!

We slept (and he ate) a lot...

I had a pull out bed once he got out of the ICU, which was awesome. I was tempted to crawl in bed with him, but didn't want to hurt his new baby skin or disturb his grafts (plus i'm pretty sure his nurses would've booted my ass out for breaking the rules). He got to eat a ton of food because healing that much requires a lot of calories.

His face healed SO well!

I mean, it just looks so perfect! Look at that beautiful skin!

Finally getting ready to go home

Pardon the selfie.

He finally got to sleep in his own bed!

I'm sure he didn't appreciate me in his face while he slept, but it felt so nice to be able to be that close to him again!

Legs healing nicely :)

His doctors were really happy with the progress he was making. He had a home nurse come to his house for daily bandage changes, and he had physical therapy for quite a while, but slowly but surely things returned to normal.

His first day back to work.

He had to wear compression bandages over his arm and legs, but he was so happy to get back to his normal routine. He'll be wearing compression hose over his donor site and grafting sites for another year, and he'll have to avoid intense sun exposure for many, many, many years...but who cares?! He's out of pain, happy, and healthy.

He proposed in October :)

He had his friends hiding in the bushes taking pictures haha.

THE RING :D

I can't even get anything done, I just stare at it......so shiny, much bling, wow.

We're getting married in August...

And I couldn't be more thankful!

Thanks for reading, and thanks for all the laughs imgurians! I spent a lot of time on imgur in the hospital, and it always brightened my day!