“She smelled so horrific of fire. Her skin looked melted,” said Ashley Book, the rescue’s medical director. “My heart broke. I didn’t think she would make it.”
Despite the odds, Phoenix began to recover. Her story touched hearts nationwide, inspiring over $112,000 in donations for her treatments. Slowly, with surgeries and skin grafts, Phoenix healed.
Today, she’s thriving in the care of her rescuer, Ashley, who has officially adopted her. “She’s captured everyone’s hearts, especially mine,” Ashley said.