After NorCal rattlesnake bite, man needs 54 doses of antivenom to survive [View all]
An Idaho man visiting his parents in Oroville thought he had stepped on a sharp sticker plant or thistle when he looked down to see a rattlesnake at his feet instead.
An Idaho man visiting his parents in Oroville thought he had stepped on a sharp sticker plant or thistle when he looked down to see a rattlesnake at his feet instead.
But when Chris showed his wife his leg, she and their young children started “freaking out.”
Chris had just stepped into his parents’ backyard to check the waterline when he was bitten on May 26. The bites happened as California saw a spring increase in rattlesnake activity following a March heat wave this year, with three people dying due to rattlesnake bites and at least 249 bites reported as of early July.
https://www.sfgate.com/northcoast/article/norcal-rattlesnake-antivenom-22337412.php
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