Matthew just spent several hours in the ER.
I can't tell you how many times that sentence has been true.
And while a few times have been for "normal" things...stitches on a busted chin, high fever with a scary cough, you know, kid stuff that happens...a lot of the time his ER visits have been a little more exotic: severe arm fracture, mystery illness, and, now, a snake bite.
Yes. A snake bite.
How? Apparently during recess he was "feeling around in some bushes and brush trying to find a stick to swing around and felt a stinging/bite." He thought it was a spider bite. But he didn't mention it to any one at school. Even when it stung and hurt through the rest of the day.
It did not swell, or bleed, or make his hand turn black. So, I guess I can see why he waited until he was in the car on the way home to tell someone about it.
Matt got the all clear from the ER doc. Professional opinion being that it is not a venomous bite.
Mommy fear: it is actually a coral snake bite (which can take up to 18 hours to show symptoms). So, if we assume that dude got bit at approximately 1:30 in the afternoon, we can also assume that I am going to be bugging the crap out of him, checking vitals, not sleeping, etc until 7:30 a.m. tomorrow.
I will let you know how it goes.
I can't tell you how many times that sentence has been true.
And while a few times have been for "normal" things...stitches on a busted chin, high fever with a scary cough, you know, kid stuff that happens...a lot of the time his ER visits have been a little more exotic: severe arm fracture, mystery illness, and, now, a snake bite.
Yes. A snake bite.
How? Apparently during recess he was "feeling around in some bushes and brush trying to find a stick to swing around and felt a stinging/bite." He thought it was a spider bite. But he didn't mention it to any one at school. Even when it stung and hurt through the rest of the day.
It did not swell, or bleed, or make his hand turn black. So, I guess I can see why he waited until he was in the car on the way home to tell someone about it.
Matt got the all clear from the ER doc. Professional opinion being that it is not a venomous bite.
Mommy fear: it is actually a coral snake bite (which can take up to 18 hours to show symptoms). So, if we assume that dude got bit at approximately 1:30 in the afternoon, we can also assume that I am going to be bugging the crap out of him, checking vitals, not sleeping, etc until 7:30 a.m. tomorrow.
I will let you know how it goes.
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