22-05-2025
Mom Was ‘Terrified' After Her 15-Month-Old's Foot Turned Black From Snake Bite. After 30 Vials of Antivenom, She's Improving
The family of a 15-month-old in Arizona said she was bitten twice by a rattlesnake while walking outside of her home with her mother, Jacquelyn Reed
Cara Reed's mom told NBC affiliate KPNX her daughter needed 30 vials of antivenom after the bite
The toddler's foot initially blackened and her oxygen levels dropped, but Jacquelyn said Cara is now able to wiggle her toes and no longer needs a breathing tubeAn Arizona 15-month old is recovering in the hospital after her family says she was bitten twice by a rattlesnake.
Jacquelyn Reed told NBC affiliate KPNX that she and her daughter Cara were walking at their home near Florence, Arizona when the little girl was bitten. Reed said she walked away for ten seconds to throw out some trash, then heard her daughter crying.
"[Cara] had four puncture wounds on the top of her foot, in the little window of her little jelly shoe, and behind her, to her left was a snake coiled up," Reed told KPNX. 'I was terrified.'
She drove her daughter to the emergency room, after which Cara was eventually airlifted to Phoenix Children's Hospital for her injuries. Reed said Cara has needed 30 vials of antivenom treatment and had to be intubated.
Her mom said it was "difficult" to see her daughter's "complications" from the bite. The toddler's foot initially blackened and her oxygen levels dropped to just 25%, but her mother told KPNX that Cara is now able to wiggle her toes and she no longer needs a breathing tube.
'[Cara's] the angel of the family,' Reed told KPNX. 'Obviously, I hope that we can get full function back, that she can be back to her normal, happy, cute, adorable self.'
According to KPNX, Reed isn't sure if her daughter's foot will regain its full function. However, she said that if she hadn't acted quickly after the bite, she doesn't know if her daughter would have survived.
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A GoFundMe to help cover Cara's recovery costs has already raised more than $7,000.
"She is a strong little girl and fighting so hard," the GoFundMe description reads. "She has a whole community of people that love her."
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