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Cottonmouth bites MS boy on the face
Posted on 8/1/17 at 6:38 pm
Posted on 8/1/17 at 6:38 pm
Petal, MS boy bitten on the face by a water moccasin
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Braxton was swimming in the Creek at the neighbor’s house, when he was crawling out the water, and a water moccasin launched at him and struck him in the face, his brother Trey saw the snake launch at his n snatched the snake off him and tossed it away. Braxton was immediately rushed to Forrest General Hospital, where he received 8 veils of antivenom, and was put on Life Support and they flew him to Jackson UMMC Pediatric Hospital where he is placed in ICU.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 6:51 pm to DownSouthJukin
Prayers to that little boy and his family. He will probably never go in a creek again.
Then to have to deal with this on top of his injury.
Then to have to deal with this on top of his injury.
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But because of the costs of storing, preparing and administering the drug, Shands charges about $20,000 for one vial of CroFab. That "typical" snakebite Baines described could put a patient back about $160,000 before insurance, which offers variable coverage.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 6:52 pm to DownSouthJukin
Heard about this while I was in Hburg for the weekend. Hopefully the little guy pulls through and makes a full recovery.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 6:57 pm to highcotton2
Should be paid for by PETA and the World Wildlife Federation.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 6:58 pm to highcotton2
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Shands charges about $20,000 for one vial of CroFab. That "typical" snakebite Baines described could put a patient back about $160,000 before insurance,
WOW, thats just messed up.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 7:12 pm to bayouman
Antivenom ain't cheap
Same thing happened to my neighbor years ago
Same thing happened to my neighbor years ago
Posted on 8/1/17 at 7:19 pm to DownSouthJukin
We should find those people and get them to start a fund to help with the bills. I would help out. It would be my part in the war over the devil himself.
This post was edited on 8/1/17 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 8/1/17 at 7:19 pm to Gillnet
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We should find those people and get them to start a fund to help with the bills. I would help out.
I think there's a GoFundMe refined in the article, but there's no link.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 7:24 pm to Walt OReilly
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Antivenom ain't cheap
Yet a herron junkie can get brought back with Narcan for free fiddy
Posted on 8/1/17 at 7:31 pm to Polar Pop
When you put it like that....something ain't right
Posted on 8/1/17 at 7:34 pm to Polar Pop
I got bit by one of those nasty bastards on the elbow when I was in high school. They didn't give me the anti venom, just filled me full of antibiotics. It's insane how fat my arm got. Prayers for this poor kid, he's going to go thru some misery.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 8:14 pm to DownSouthJukin
You know, nobody likes rattlesnakes, but we ought to respect them. They generally give you a warning if they know what's up. Most folks who get bit either step on a sleeping/resting one (nobody's fault) or are fricking with it (human's fault).
But frick cottonmouths. They're are silent, they blend in and are highly aggressive in low lying areas or in the water. Prayers sent.
I say again, frick cottonmouths.
But frick cottonmouths. They're are silent, they blend in and are highly aggressive in low lying areas or in the water. Prayers sent.
I say again, frick cottonmouths.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 8:17 pm to Boston911
How the hell is antivenom that expensive? Common sense capitalism would seem like they could get it cheaper?
For one, someone in say Birmingham could store a ton of it and have a leer jet ready 24/7 to fly anywhere in the south in 2 hours for less than $10,000.
For one, someone in say Birmingham could store a ton of it and have a leer jet ready 24/7 to fly anywhere in the south in 2 hours for less than $10,000.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 8:25 pm to DownSouthJukin
Prayers for the kid
We had a guy get bit by a rattlesnake this past deer season in south Texas at our company lease and they said the treatment was gonna run around $200,000.
We had a guy get bit by a rattlesnake this past deer season in south Texas at our company lease and they said the treatment was gonna run around $200,000.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 9:14 pm to REB BEER
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We had a guy get bit by a rattlesnake this past deer season in south Texas at our company lease and they said the treatment was gonna run around $200,000.
I would ask the doctor for more venom if my bill was 200k.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 9:16 pm to highcotton2
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costs of storing, preparing and administering the drug, Shands charges about $20,000 for one vial of CroFab.
storing preparing and administering? Can't be much more than a refrigerator, a syringe, and shaking the damn vial if they have antivenin in remote Africa and South America. What a sham, 20k is probably with a 19.5k profit
Posted on 8/1/17 at 9:34 pm to REB BEER
When hospitals charge 250 for Advil
Yeah that price on antivenin see,s plausible
Yeah that price on antivenin see,s plausible
Posted on 8/1/17 at 9:36 pm to Ace Midnight
I've ruined quite a few deer hunts back in the day when I came across cottonmouths while walking to my stand. Blew them away every time. Turned around & went home.
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