Abbie Quinnen has praised AJ Pritchard for helping her to recover after suffering third degree burns.
Abbie Quinnen praises AJ Pritchard for caring for her after accident
The 24-year-old dancer received horrific burns in a fireball accident almost a year ago, when a stunt intended for social media went badly wrong and she says former 'Strictly' star AJ has helped her get through the physical and mental trauma.
She told The Daily Mail newspaper: "He laid out my 27 tablets and fed me. He’s very OCD, so he was particularly good at that! He’d set timers to wake up every two hours in the night to clean my wounds. And every single doctor’s appointment, he comes with me and holds my hand."
He also persuaded Abbie to start seeing a counsellor and she explained: "I wouldn’t be where I am today without [the therapist]."
However, being strong for Abbie took a toll on AJ and she admitted that he was also traumatised by her injuries as the stunt which caused them was his idea.
Explaining how she found him bawling one day in the kitchen, Abbie - Abbie - who needed three skin grafts and 20 hospital visit - said: "He was really bawling. Sort of howling. I’d never seen him like that. He’d been so strong around me but he wasn’t coping at all. He couldn’t unsee what he’d seen. He had his own demons and needed help, too. He needed to see a therapist to talk it out and, finally, he agreed.
"He is my whole world. I love him so, so much and in a funny way the accident has shown me how much he really does love me. He saved me."
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