Family of California toddler bitten by deadly snake charged $300K for life-saving antivenom READ MORE: Parents receive $142,000 bill after daughter was bitten by a snake By Alexa Lardieri U.S. Deputy Health Editor Dailymail.
Com Published: 12:49 EDT, 30 October 2024 | Updated: 13:02 EDT, 30 October 2024 e-mail View comments Brigland 'Brigs' Pfeffer had just turned two when his parents were faced with the very real chance he could die. The little boy was playing in his San Diego, California backyard when he ran to his mom yelling he had been bitten by a snake. His mom, Lindsay Pfeffer, said she could only see the 'smallest little drop' of blood on his right hand between his index and thumb fingers.
But the reality was that a deadly dose of venom was quickly circulating through his small body - and the antivenom to save his life would cost nearly $300,000. The family was going to go to their nearest urgent care but a 911 dispatcher told to them to wait for an ambulance because urgent cares don't stock antivenom. Mrs Pfeffer, told local CBS8: 'He was laying down on the sidewalk out in front [of the house] just flat; just sweating and he wasn't moving.
' The ambulance rushed the toddler to Palomar Medical Center Escondido 25 minutes away, the nearest facility with antivenom, marking where the poison was traveling up his arm. But when they arrived at the hospital, doctors couldn't start an IV to deliver the antidote because snake venom constricts veins and makes access difficult, so.