Husband bitten by highly venomous snake!

At 6pm on 2Dec, I received a call from my husband, "Darling, do not panic, but I've been bitten by a Taipan and someone will come and get you"

That's the last I heard for the next 35minutes!! Can you imagine what was going through in my head!!! I thought my husband was at his snakehouse 10minutes away only and no call till 6.35pm when I got a call from Steve, a TV reporter, "He's in a stable condition now, do you have transport to come to the hospital?!!" What??!! My husband drives the only car we have and he asks if I got transport to go to hospital when I was expecting him!!

Reason for all these? The venom took effect in-within 5minutes of my husband being bitten and the people he was with was in a huge panic! He was bitten on the right thigh and there were 4 fang marks there - the snake must have been in a really bad mood - according to hubby, this Taipan has been quite docile and it could be due to the sudden change in environment that got it riled up.

He was very near to dying then and I'm SO glad they got him to hospital on time - got anti-venom put in and all. When I reached the hospital at 6.50pm, he looked slightly breathless and shivering with fingers all blue.

However, he's now recovering from the venom bite but have to deal with the after-effects from the anti-venom - he's got a few allergies - rashes, itchiness, numbness but at least he's alive!! I've posted a picture of the rashes he's got which you can partly see - there are lots more on his back and legs.

Might take him a few months to fully recover but at least I still have my husband.

Talk about adrenaline rush!

On top of all that, my 4 year old son was also having his first end-of-year Pre-school concert the next morning which hubby insists he must not miss since he's doing the introduction solo!

So, even though we were at the hospital till late, I took Adam to school, picked up hubby's staff to babysit hubby while I rushed back to attend Adam's first concert and then back to hubby again with son after his concert to watch over both my boys.

It's been a tiring few days (what with Adam starting his school holidays on 3Dec) and I'm still feeling the effect of lack of sleep from worrying and rushing around.

Early night again for me...hehe..even though it's past midnight now here ;)

Hubby also survived to celebrate his 43rd birthday today / 6Dec! Yay!