Kenzie was rushed to hospital for anti-venom treatment where his whole hand and wrist became inflamed, causing him to temporarily lose function of his fingers.
Horrified mum Andrea Denoon rushed to A&E from work when little Kenzie’s finger began turning blue and the venom continued to spread up his arm.
The creature was in fact an adder
Doctors administered another bout of anti-venom to control Kenzie’s symptoms, but grew concerned he may have gone into anaphylaxis when his heart rate and breathing levels began to drop.
Kenzie made a full recovery, but had to return to hospital 11 days later when he began experiencing a reaction known as ‘serum sickness’.
Andrea, a 38-year-old infrastructure technician, is sharing Kenzie’s story to raise awareness of the dangers of snake bites.
Andrea, from Helmsdale, Sutherland, Scotland, said: “Mum picked the kids up and they wanted to go out to the play park.
“Mum was in the house and my daughter ran in the house to say Kenzie had been bitten by a snake. There was an older lad who had picked up the snake thinking it was a slow worm. He had it in his hands and because Kenzie has no fear, he thought ‘I’m going to pet this’.
