Well okay, so we weren't. But, one of the secretaries here just told me about her next door neighbor, a 14 year old boy, who got popped by a water mocassin this past weekend. They have some swampy land behind their house and this boy and another were walking across a log and he slipped and his leg went in the water. He was bitten twice on the leg.
Within about 30 minutes, she said it looked like his leg was about to explode. Now get this. He's rushed to one of the hospitals here, where he's given 2 anti-venom shots and put on an amberlamps to B'ham with 2 more shots to be given on the way. He's in ICU in the Ham. The bill for 35 minutes at Flowers Hospital and 2 anti-venom shots......$198,000.00. With more shots and ICU, you're easily looking at $1 million.
I think it's an obvious mistake in billing but what if it's not? Anyone ever heered of such? Plus, mocassins are obviously legendary when it comes to scaring the bajeebus out of people, but I've never actually heard of someone getting bitten. Apparently some seriously bad venom.
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