A young boy has been rushed to hospital after being bitten by a snake while running along sand dunes.
Macey Roberts, from Wrexham, was bitten by an adder while out playing with his sister, Holly, near Pwllheli beach on Monday.
He’s now been left with two holes in his foot while his leg has turned black all the way up to his stomach,
Macey, 13 and Holly, 15, were running along the dunes when he felt something get stuck in his foot and thought he’d stood on a needle.
But when Holly took a closer look she realised that her brother had been bitten by an adder which was hiding in the dunes.
She called her parents, Emma and Andy Roberts, who were on the beach.
Emma said: “We think he must have stood on the adder by mistake and it bit him in retaliation.
“Thankfully he managed to get to the golf club where they called an ambulance.
“By the time we arrived Macey was very drowsy and lethargic, he was so pale, he really did look horrendous and was virtually unconscious.
“We waited there for the rapid response team and then he was taken to Ysbyty Gwynedd and was in kept the resuscitation department.
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“He had to be put on a heart monitor and have his blood pressure monitored.
“He’s also had to have an x-ray because a piece of the snake’s fang is still stuck in his foot.
“Doctors were reluctant to give him the anti-venom to begin with because of the possible side affects, but it was clear by midnight that he needed it so he had that as well as morphine for the pain.
“He’s been violently sick, he has two holes in his foot and his leg up to his stomach is black.
“It’s all been very frightening because he has been so ill.”
Emma now wants to warn others that adders and other snakes could be hiding in the grass at this time of the year.
She says they are also a risk to pets, as people frequently walk their dogs in this area.
The mother of two has now praised the staff at the golf club who “went above and beyond” to help, as well as the staff at Ysbyty Gwynedd who have been taking care of Macey since the accident.
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Linda Dykes from Ysbyty Gwynedd’s Emergency Department said: “We’ve seen several cases of people being bitten by adders in the last few weeks, it’s already more than we saw throughout the whole of 2015.
“It’s usually the case that kids accidentally stand on them or people try to pick them up.
“Adders will never attack, but they will defend themselves.
“They’re very quick, I don’t think people realise how fast they are, and their bites can be very unpleasant and dangerous.
“My advice would be to keep out of sand dunes, stay away from high-risk areas and don’t touch them.”
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