There were some secondary infections that set in as well....if you look at the caption of some of the pictures, at one point it says something about staff. There was also a second surgery, which I can't tell if it was b/c of something secondary, or b/c of the origanal swelling and bite. Not that that is what caused it to be so bad, but I think it would have healed a bit easier if there hadn't been the secondary infections.

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Crofab is what is commonly used in Crotalus envenomations correct? Would it be ture to say that due to the large distribution of Crotalus species throughout the united states is why so much is made and available. I guess what I am trying to say in a round about way is that since rattlesnakes are native to the united states and common in many areas that the antivenom is stocked more. If you were invenomanated by say Bothrops jararacussu which venom is harder to come by you might have a hard time finding it in the US,maybe at a zoo but it would be very expensive. The only other thing I though of to add to what you said was that even if the venom isn't expensive getting envenomated can still cost big bucks to treat by the time you walk out of the hospital.

He isn't in the United States....the web site (or at least the photo gallery web site) is origanally in another language. I had emailed him to ask him some questions, and he told me again that English isn't his first language. If he is somewhere where rattlesnakes aren't as common, that might be why there wasn't antivenom ready. Just a thought...