“A 3-YEAR-OLD RAN TO PICK UP AN AMAZON PACKAGE — THEN A HIDDEN RATTLESNAKE STRUCK.” 🐍📦💔 What should have been an ordinary moment quickly turned into every parent’s worst nightmare. Three-year-old Addy was rushed to the hospital after a venomous rattlesnake, hidden beneath an Amazon package outside her home, bit her hand. The terrifying attack left the little girl fighting for recovery in a pediatric ICU, requiring multiple doses of antivenom as her family now faces mounting medical bills and an emotional road to healing.

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Father’s terrifying warning as 3-year-old is bitten by rattlesnake lurking under Amazon package

A father shared every parent’s worst nightmare — his young daughter left fighting for her life after a traumatizing incident.

Addy, a 3-year-old girl, was bitten on her left hand in Santa Clarita as she excitedly ran to pick up a gift in an Amazon package. Little did she know, a Southern Pacific rattlesnake was hiding under the brown padded envelope, according to her father Manuel.

A young girl lies in a hospital bed with stuffed animals.
Young Addy in the hospitalGofundme
A young girl with an IV in her arm rests in a hospital bed, surrounded by blankets and toys.
Pictures of Addy can be seen in the GoFundMeGofundme
A man and a young girl posing for a selfie.
A picture of Addy and what appears to be her father, ManuelGofundme

“Lynn rushed Addy to meet the fire department and ambulance at a nearby grocery store parking lot. Addy received her first dose of antivenom at the local hospital, but had to be transferred to another hospital with a pediatric ICU,” Addy’s father Manual Barajas shared in a GoFundMe.

 

“She needed two more doses of antivenom and spent two nights in the hospital. I was out of town for work when this happened, and I flew home as soon as possible to be with Lynn and Addy,” he continued.

A child's left hand with measuring tape strips taped to the wrist and middle finger.
Addy’s family is struggling to pay for her medical billsGofundme

Due to the incident, Barajas had to miss about a week of work to be with his wife, Lynn, and his daughter. Medical bills related to antivenom treatments and the pediatric ICU are only making it difficult to pay the costs.

“We are doing everything we can to support Addy’s healing, but the costs are overwhelming. We never imagined we’d be in this situation, and it’s hard to ask for help, but we need support to get through this difficult time,” Barajas pleaded.

A woman and a young girl in a waiting room, both wearing black tops and blue jeans. The girl, with pigtails, sits on a pink chair, and has a purple mark on her left arm, indicating where she was bitten by a rattlesnake.
Addy is only 3-years-oldGofundme

The GoFundMe was created on Sunday night and has raised $200 of its $4,500 goal.

Similar rattlesnake incidents have happened a few times already in California this year.

Just a few months ago, a 25-year-old man died after getting bit by a rattlesnake while mountain biking in Irvine. A man visiting his family in California from Idaho received 54 vials of anti-venom after he was bitten twice in the leg — racking up a staggering $1.3 million medical bill.

A woman hiking in Ventura County also died after a rattlesnake bit her in March.

7000 to 8000 people are annually attacked by venomous snakes in the U.S., but only five people end up dying, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

SOURCE: NYPOST