Six-year-old Kenzie Musgrove narrowly escaped a December apartment fire with her life, but has now had endure surgery after surgery, including the amputation of half her fingers and toes.
While she was staying at her father Jared's apartment in Indiana, downstairs neighbors knocked over a candle and accidentally set fire to their ceiling and the Musgroves' floor.
As the apartment filled with smoke, a terrified Kenzie hid between the sofa and patio door, but the spot she went for safety was right about the source of the flames.
Her panicked father couldn't find her, and by the time firefighters reached Kenzie, she had burns covering nearly 70 percent of her body.
Kenzie finally returned to school this month - but without the fingers and toes of her left hand and foot, she'll have to work harder to keep up with the other children.
Kenzie Musgrove, six, was trapped in her father's apartment when it caught fire in December (left). She sustained burns over 68 percent of her body and spent four months in the hospital (right)
Kenzie's mother, Jessica (left) is now warning against the dangers of candles
Smoke suddenly filled Jared Musgrove's apartment on December 16.
He raced through his home, grabbing one daughter, and his son.
Jared searched and screamed for Kenzie, but he couldn't find her.
The smoke was getting thicker and Jared could hardly breathe or see.
Finally he fled the second floor apartment with his other two children, horrified that he hadn't been able to find Kenzie.
It wasn't long before emergency responders arrived on the scene and pulled Kenzie from the apartment.
She had to be taken by helicopter from Lafayette to Indianapolis, where Riley Children's Hospital was equipped with the burn unit Kenzie needed.
Even Kenzie's face and scalp were badly burned, and doctors had to remove her hair
After the fire and treatment, Kenzie's hair started to grow back in slowly
She was largely confined to he hospital bed in Indianapolis for the last four months
Despite her father's desperate search and the firefighters' quick
