Mom Was ‘Terrified’ After Her 15-Month-Old’s Foot Turned Black From Snake Bite. After 30 Vials of Antivenom, She’s Improving
The family of a 15-month-old in Arizona said she was bitten twice by a rattlesnake while walking outside of her home with her mother, Jacquelyn Reed
Cara Reed’s mom told NBC affiliate KPNX her daughter needed 30 vials of antivenom after the bite
The toddler’s foot initially blackened and her oxygen levels dropped, but Jacquelyn said Cara is now able to wiggle her toes and no longer needs a breathing tube
An Arizona 15-month old is recovering in the hospital after her family says she was bitten twice by a rattlesnake.
Jacquelyn Reed told NBC affiliate KPNX that she and her daughter Cara were walking at their home near Florence, Arizona when the little girl was bitten. Reed said she walked away for ten seconds to throw out some trash, then heard her daughter crying.
“[Cara] had four puncture wounds on the top of her foot, in the little window of her little jelly shoe, and behind her, to her left was a snake coiled up,” Reed told KPNX. “I was terrified.”
She drove her daughter to the emergency room, after which Cara was eventually airlifted to Phoenix Children’s Hospital for her injuries. Reed said Cara has needed 30 vials of antivenom treatment and had to be intubated.
Her mom said it was “difficult” to see her daughter’s “complications” from the bite. The toddler’s foot initially blackened and her oxygen levels dropped to just 25%, but her mother told KPNX that Cara is now able to wiggle her toes and she no longer needs a breathing tube.
