Queensland Mom Nearly Dies After Being Bitten By Venomous Snake In Her Sleep

Nikita Adrige, 28, almost died after she was bitten by a venomous snake when she was sleeping. She ignored the pain and continued sleeping, believing that it was her dog that scratched her.

The Queensland mom woke up at 4 am on Monday when she felt a sharp pain in her arm and heard the barking of her five-year-old Maltese Shih Tzu, Freckle.

She had two small red puncture marks of her right arm and, at first, assumed that her dog had jumped on her and scratched her, so she went back to sleep.

Hours later, she awoke in excruciating pain. Aldrige, who is also a nurse, posted photos of her arm on social media to ask for advice and followed up by contacting the local snake catcher who verified that a snake had bitten her.

It was the snake catcher that took her to the hospital where the nurses told her she was lucky to be alive. She then had a seizure and fell unconscious.

Aldridge was put on a drip for several hours to flush out the toxin before she was later discharged on the same day.

Doctors did tests and deliberated the single mother of two-year-old Liliana had been bitten by a snake which was in her bed the whole time.

They identified the serpent venom as that which belonged to the yellow-faced whip snake whose bite is known to cause very painful swellings and fatalities in some cases.

It is their belief the snake is still somewhere in the house.

Aldrige added that she did not think anything of the puncture marks at the time she was bitten because she had never experienced something like that in her life.

She could not believe it when they told her. The fact that the snake was in the same bed was very unnerving.

The doctors told her that had she not sought medical attention as soon as she had, she would have died.

Luckily the bite was from a mildly venomous snake, and Aldrige has Lupus, so it made it even worse because the body was struggling to fight off the venom.

Had she been bitten by another more venomous snake, the odds are that it would have ended differently.

During the summer season, the high temperatures mean the reptiles are going to seek the shelter of sheds and homes as shade. That means a higher amount of human contact and similar incidents.