Katie Piper, a true inspiration to us all.

Many of you at first blush will think this blog entry doesn't really fit in here but I myself LOVE an inspirational story and wanted so much to share this with you.

Last night I watched a documentary called "my beautiful face" which centers around a former model and tv presenter Katie Piper who was a young , beautiful blonde bombshell with the world at her feet. She met a handsome guy on facebook and met up with him shortly after, they became romantically involved.
Katie was living away from home In London and her career was really taking off, she had an enviable life and loads of friends, the boyfriend seemed to be the icing on a very fabulous cake.

The couple booked a hotel room one night after going out and when they got back Danny, then tried to initiate sex, Katie felt too tired and told Danny that she wasn't up to it and just wanted to sleep. She expected him to except this and go to sleep himself, she was wrong.
This is when things got terrifying.
Danny starting to hurl abuse at Katie, calling her all the names under the sun, asking her who did she think she was and then he viciously raped and beat her, she went through this ordeal for 8 long hours.
There was her blood all over the bed, on the bathroom tiles and using her wits (as she was convinced he was going to murder her) convinced Danny to let her clean up the blood or the maid would call the police and also convinced him that they could still be a couple, all so she could make her escape, which she did.
She ended up alone at her flat and didn't tell anyone what had happened to her, she didn't contact the police either, she felt ashamed and also terrified as Danny has told her that he would kill her if she told.
During the time she was hiding, Danny had left many facebook messages and many phone messages to her.
Finally she started to answer the messages on facebook, he begged and begged for her to go to an Internet cafe and finally she gave in.
When she was outside her flat he called her on her phone to ask where she was and what was she wearing, Katie thought it was a tad strange but answered anyway, next thing she remembers was a hooded young guy coming up to her holding a coffee cup, thinking he was begging for money she went to get some money out of her purse when BAM he threw the contents into her face which was later to be discovered to be sulphuric acid.
Katie's face was literally being eaten away by the acid and she ran to a cafe and called for an ambulance.
Katie then went through what can only be described as total hell.
The next part is taken from Katie's website:

The acid destroyed all the skin on Katie’s face, neck and hands, and left her blind in one eye. It also burnt her nose and throat so severely that she needed to be fed through a tube in her stomach and now regularly has operations to dilate her esophagus as the scar tissue reforms and restricts her ability to eat and drink.
Surgeons, led by Mr Mohammad Ali Jawad FRCS, performed pioneering surgery on Katie. He chose to control the damage by removing the dead layers of skin from Katie’s face and rebuilding the foundations using a dermal substitute called Matriderm along with huge skin grafts from her back and buttocks. It’s the first of its kind in the world to be done as a single stage operation.
Katie spent seven weeks in the burns unit at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. She was placed in an induced coma and spent ten days in intensive care. She wore a special plastic pressure mask for 23 hours a day for two years, in an effort to flatten her scars.

Brave Katie whilst going through her rehabilitation had to also deal with her rapist and her attackers court cases, thankfully both the monsters got long sentences and justice was served.

She also suffered agoraphobia, nightmares and had to deal with the stares from people at her new face.

This young lady not only dealt with her rape, attack, facial disfigurement, constant surgeries with dignity and grace but she also allowed people to document it all for us to watch
"My beautiful face", you can watch on this truly inspirational story on you tube
The documentary also won a BAFTA!

Katie before and after the vicious acid attack.

Not only did she make the documentary but she also created the "Katie piper foundation" to help others with scars and disfigurements .
This young lady is a true inspiration to us all.
She has dealt with so much and come out of it stronger and helping others too. My love, compassion, gratitude and respect go out to you Miss Katie Piper, you are a goddess. :)

http://www.katiepiperfoundation.org.uk
youtube my beautiful face