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Related: About this forumSouth Carolina lawmaker lands in intensive care after venomous snake bite
COLUMBIA, SC -- A South Carolina lawmaker is being monitored in Lexington Medical Centers intensive care unit after he was bitten by a copperhead snake Sunday night.
State Rep. Chris Wooten, R-Lexington, said he was wearing flip flops in his front yard, letting his dog out when he stepped on the venomous serpent. He killed the snake with a brick.
He told The State he is fine but has to be monitored to ensure the antivenin (colloquially known as anti-venom) works properly.
Wooten has been in the ICU since late Sunday night. He told The State he hopes to go home Tuesday.
Read more here: https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article234920747.html
The Velveteen Ocelot
(121,473 posts)as a matter of professional courtesy.
TexasTowelie
(117,533 posts)DBoon
(23,170 posts)it bit a republican -- did it get the correct antidote?
at140
(6,140 posts)especially a red snake.
emmaverybo
(8,147 posts)copperheads dont come up to peoples suburban yards. S.C. looks like beautiful country to me. I
wouldn't be able to cope with the idea of snakes, but then he probably knew better than to flip-flop.
Cirque du So-What
(27,615 posts)Copperheads are not restricted to swampy enclaves.
emmaverybo
(8,147 posts)woodsprite
(12,242 posts)At the beginning of the season, our friend found what she thought were 5 grass snakes in her yard in Newark, DE, by her front steps. After taking a picture and having them identified by Co-operative Extension office, found out they were baby copperheads.
emmaverybo
(8,147 posts)I am, but that would do it for me, even if grass snakes. Amazing.
MontanaMama
(24,087 posts)A copperhead bit her Great Dane and he died in her front yard....not swampy at all. Upscale suburban home...gated community.
lordsummerisle
(4,652 posts)RockRaven
(16,528 posts)The former is not so common but disconcertingly more common than it ought to be. The latter is super-common.