California 3-Year-Old Hospitalized After Rattlesnake Bit Her Under Amazon Package, State Reports 3 Deaths
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 21
California 3-Year-Old Hospitalized After Rattlesnake Bit Her Under Amazon Package, State Reports 3 Deaths
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 21
Summary
A 3-year-old Southern California girl spent 2 days in a pediatric intensive care unit after a Southern Pacific rattlesnake hiding beneath an Amazon package bit her left hand.
Her father said Addy ran to grab the padded envelope after it was tossed over the family’s front gate, and her mother rushed her to paramedics waiting at a nearby grocery store parking lot.
Wildlife experts and firefighters have tied this year’s spike in bites to an unusually warm spring that brought snakes out earlier; Ventura County crews had already answered 7 rattlesnake calls in about a month.
California has reported 3 snakebite deaths this year, including a Thousand Oaks woman who died in March, while another Ventura County hiker was airlifted in May after a bite on a remote trail.
Health officials say rattlesnake victims should seek emergency care immediately, stay as still as possible and avoid home remedies; Addy’s father said she is now about 70% recovered.