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A woman said she's lucky to be alive after a poisonous snake bite sent her into anaphylactic shock within minutes.
PR worker Beau Avis, 26, was walking her dog Bonnie in sandals on a country lane near Brentwood, Essex, on Wednesday when an adder leapt up and bit her ankle.
Beau, who was with her dad Kevin at the time, was rushed to Queen's Hospital in Romford where doctors luckily had the anti-venom to treat her.
'I was put into resus and was drifting in and out of consciousness,' Beau, from Brentwood, told The Mirror.
'I didn't have any control over any aspect of my body. It was truly terrifying.'
PR worker Beau Avis, 26, was walking her dog Bonnie in sandals on a country lane near Brentwood, Essex, on Wednesday when an adder leapt up and bit her ankle
Beau was put on morphine and held at Queen's Hospital overnight, but when her leg started to swell to 'double the size', doctors gave her a second dose of the antidote and kept her in for another day
She added: 'I'm really lucky, because I was told a lot of hospitals don't tend to hold anti-venom but this one did. The consultant had to ring the Poisons Information Service to find out what dose was needed.'
