His mother, Lindsay Pfeffer, was a few feet away when Brigland made a noise and came running from the stone firepit, holding his right hand. She noticed a pinprick of blood between his thumb and forefinger when her older son called out, “Snake!”
A child needed antivenom for a snakebite. It cost more than $200,000.
A child needed antivenom for a snakebite. It cost more than $200,000.
It took more than 30 vials of antivenom to save a toddler’s life after he was bitten by a rattlesnake.
Lindsay Pfeffer was in the backyard with her children when her son Brigland was bitten by a rattlesnake. He received 30 vials of antivenom and spent a couple of days in pediatric intensive care while she stayed close. “He’s very, very lucky,”
A few days after his 2nd birthday, Brigland Pfeffer was playing with his siblings in their San Diego backyard.
“I saw a small rattlesnake coiled up by the firepit,” she said.
Pfeffer called 911 that day in April and an ambulance rushed Brigland to Palomar Medical Center Escondido.
Brigland Pfeffer during his hospital stay, after he was bitten by a rattlesnake in his San Diego backyard. He received 30 vials of antivenom and spent a couple of days in pediatric intensive care.
Antivenom, an antibody therapy that disables certain toxins, is usually administered from an intravenous line directly into the bloodstream. But emergency room staffers struggled to insert the IV.
After many tries, they finally used a procedure that the bone marrow, giving Brigland a starting dose of the antivenom Anavip.
