Girl is taken to ER when 'sprained ankle' turned purple...
doctors found something far more sinister READ MORE: Florida driver is in serious condition after a rattlesnake bit her By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 22:44, 30 September 2024 | Updated: 22:46, 30 September 2024 e-mail View comments A little girl in Arizona went 30 hours with snake venom coursing through her veins after doctors dismissed her symptoms. Allie Brasfield, 7, was on a family vacation earlier this month when she tripped in the grass and quickly brushed it off to continue playing.
Over the next day her left foot swelled and turned purple, with the discoloration beginning to spread up her leg. Local doctors were stumped and initially sent the family home but Allie became violently sick. It wasn’t until the Brasfields went to a larger hospital in nearby Phoenix that doctors worked out she'd been bitten by a rattlesnake .
Doctors at two different emergency departments saw Allie's leg and believed her ankle was sprained. They conducted X-rays and other tests but did not detect the snake venom The girl had to undergo blood transfusions and two surgeries once doctors realized the cause of her injury. Antivenom is most effective within 24 hours of a bite.
Given that 30 hours had elapsed before Allie got the antivenom she needed, her family considers it lucky that their daughter is still alive. It's not clear what kind of surgeries doctors performed specifically, but typica.