Good lord! You poor thing! What an experience to go through but what a great attitude to take about the snake. I looked up Western Hognose snakes online and it's odd that some sites say they are not venomous, others say rear-fanged venomous, others say it's not venom as they have no venom glands, others call it a bacteria, others a hemo-toxin. How confusing!

Glad you are on the road to recovery but sorry you had to go through all that pain and the hospital stay. Thank you for sharing your story though it may help someone else avoid what you've had to go through.