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Check out the bite and the way he describes his whole body being paralysed. The animal literally paralyzed my whole body. “My eyes were off to the side”.
His insurance company is in negotiations with the hospital and it is as yet unknown if he will have to contribute. Due to the severity of the bite, the treatment completely depleted the supply of antivenom at two area hospitals.
Fassler had a pet rattlesnake for a year but after the attack on July 4 by the other serpent, he has released it into the wild. However, recent reports have revealed their life-saving procedures have definitely come with a hefty price, one Fassler definitely didn’t expect. Seeing as he’s in America, where healthcare isn’t what you’d call cheap, Todd has been landed with a bill of $153,161.25. According to the Huffington Post, Fassler’s costs are actually not as excessive as it seems.
Each vial costs about $5,000, and it takes about 12 vials of anti-venom to treat an average snake bite, Dr. Richard Clark of the Poison Control Center said.
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