Friday, July 16, 2010

Did you know it's actually Antivenin?

I have not posted in a while (as usual) although so much has happened I am actually a little ashamed of myself for not posting it. Anyways, on to the news. About a week after Brian sent the practitioner, Brian and I (and our respective love interests) decided to make the hike up to the Labrynth. We only make it up there about once a year, so we were really excited to get back there and try to finish our longstanding projects. Brian and I were trying The Bone Collector and were getting really close. Brian hit the lip and peeled off, and we instantly ran seperate ways to find which spot on the lip we should hit. Brian rounded the corner of the boulder, and an instant later we heard a shriek. Brian came back around the corner, and his finger was bleeding. It turns out he started to jump up on a boulder and startled a rattlesnake. The rattlesnake reacted and bit him. We were all nervous for him, but told him to sit down while we packed everything. We all desperately hoped it was a dry bite, but soon Brian started complaining about his lips going numb and feeling dizzy. At that point we knew it was serious, and we had to find some way to trek the 15 minute downhill hike back down to the car. Once we got to the car, we rushed him to the Leavenworth hospital, which in turn rushed him to Wenatchee Central Hospital. He ended up needing 11 vials of antivenin, but now he is doing much better. His arm swelled up to the size of Hellboy, but he is doing way better and is almost completely recovered. We got some wicked pictures of his arm, and I will post those soon, along with a video of Brian's send of the Practitioner. We're all so happy he's okay!

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