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150 miles for antivenom
Porter (Indiana) vet’s harrowing tale of snake bite gets TV play
April 24, 2005
Post-Tribune staff report
The harrowing rescue of Porter veterinarian Laurence Reed will be retold
Monday on the Discovery Health Channel.
Reed was bitten on the thumb by a 5-foot Western diamondback rattlesnake in
March 2004 at his Westchester Animal Clinic. Reed was changing the snake’s
water dish in its cage.
The story will air at 7 and 10 p.m. Monday on a show called “Impact: Stories
of Survival.”
A film crew completed a re-enactment in January with several of the people
involved in saving Reed’s life.
After the bite, Reed went to a local medical clinic, but it didn’t have the
snake antivenom. Porter hospital didn’t either. Neither did Brookfield Zoo
in Chicago.
High, gusty winds prevented air travel, so he was rushed by ambulance to
Indianapolis’ Clarion Health Methodist Hospital. By then, the thumb was
swelling and Reed was having trouble breathing.
During the 150-mile trip, they changed police along the way. Reed received
an antivenom injection in Lafayette. Reed only had about 30 minutes left
before any medication would have been useless. After the (antivenom)
injection, he was able to breathe again.
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