Prayers - Snake Bite

[gaylasue]

Prayers for a good friend of mine, Gail, and her grandson, Ezekiel.  They were picking strawberries yesterday and both got bitten by a copperhead.  Gail got bit really bad with a lot of venom going into her blood system and had to be admitted to the hospital.  Zeke only had one puncture mark so he didn't get any venom into his blood system.  He was treated and released.

[jkhanson]

Prayers are on the way for your friend.

[dwggs]

Wow that is so sad ... I will keep your friend in my prayers

[hstille]

Very scary situation,my prayers go out to both of them and I hope thy are alright!

[Nancy5]

That is so scary.  Prayers going out, please keep us updated.

[gaylasue]

An update on Gail and Zeke:  Gail has been in ICU.  She is having surgery this morning.  Her hand is dangerously swollen.  She was given the anti-venom but she had a reaction to it and got very sick.  She may lose one if not two fingers depending on how the surgery goes this morning.  Zeke is fine.  He did not get any snake venom into his blood system.  I did learn that if you are bitten by a poisonous snake, if at all possible you should cut the head off and take it with you to the hospital.  That way they can extract the venom from the snake to make the anti-venom.  Gail's husband Bruce smashed the snake's head up too bad to be able to get the venom out of it.  Thank you for your prayers.  The Lord is the mightiest of all physicians!

[Nancy5]

Oh my God, I am so very sorry for your friend.  I will pray her surgery goes well today and she will not lose any fingers.  Please keep us updated.

[Timberlan127]

I definitely wish her the best. I can't imagine getting bit by a venomous snake!! Thankfully we don't have too much of that type of thing in New England. I'm glad her son will be fine. Keep us updated on how Gail makes out. I will pray for her.

[bowrunner]

I hope she will be alright.  That is a very scary situation.  I did not know about cutting the head off and that could be very important.

[Falconer02]

The Lord is the mightiest of all physicians!

Yeah. Tell your doctor that. I'm sure he'll know you appreciated all the hard work he did going to school for 8+ years and learning about human anatomy. Nevermind all the hard work he did for your friends- it was ultimately your personal invisible god and all the people on this forum who telepathically talked to him who saved your friends!  

[sdecaro558]

Ouch - I'm sorry to hear that and she will be in my prayers - please keep us updated.

[gennjen]

Sorry to hear that. Prayers to both of them.

[kleenex40]

Sorry to hear about your friend(prayers go out to them)

[vickysue]

Prayers goout too them and i hope she gets too feeling better. We have several types of Rattlesnakes here. My husband and dad are both hard of hearing and want get hearing aids. so i go eveywhere with them and can hear them. Snake bites are nothing too mess with.

[amahomes]

I am sending out Angel Rachael and healing prayer to your Friends. All is well