If that copperhead would have just let me keep walking as i stepped on him then he would still be alive and my foot wouldn't be swelled up to the same size as my dad's. But alas, we live in a fallen world where snakes insist on injecting us with venom whenever they perceive us as a threat. So, here is the basic rundown of my experience.
-8:45pm - Bitten
-8:47- Drop a large rock on his head and identify it as a copperhead
-10:00ish- flown to Palmetto Health in Columbia SC
-12:00am - recieve antibiotics to combat infection (anti-venom is put on hold)
-1:45 - recieve pain killers so i can sleep
-1:47 - extreme nausea and lightheadedness from painkillers
-1:50 - recieve medicine to combat nausea
-5:30 - told to leave by 8:00
-6:00 - recieve more medication to combat nausea and told to move to lobby by 7:00
-7:00 - still nauseous and lightheaded
-8:00 - a new doctor allows me to stay until Jake arrives at 10:00
-10:00 - Jake arrives to drive me back to Camp.
-10:10 - vomit on the side of the road
-11:45 - arrive back at camp and sleep
-5:00pm - awake and work out worker's comp stuff
11:00am- follow up visit. extreme swelling, but everything else is good
10:20pm- update blog after watching "Hannibal Rising" and "Juno" with leg propped.
Anyway, I'm glad to hear that people care about me and were praying for me. Sometimes i forget that just because something isn't a big deal to me it might be to someone else.
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