A Queensland snake catcher bitten by an jap brown has spoken from hospital, revealing he has misplaced operate in his face.
Tony Harrison struggled to talk within the 24-second video posted to Facebook on Tuesday morning, two days after he was bitten throughout a elimination job in Logan.
“My eyes don’t work, my tongue doesn’t work,” he mentioned, earlier than calling for privateness throughout his restoration.
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He held open an eyelid as he filmed the video.
His spouse Brooke Harrison posted late on Monday that he had indicators of “more improvement”.
“His kidneys are sorting themselves so he won’t need dialysis,” she wrote on Facebook.
“His eyes and tongue muscles are not working the best due to the neurotoxins, but the toxicology team is not too worried about that at this stage.”
It’s understood Tony, who runs Harrison’s Gold Coast and Brisbane Snake Catcher business with Brooke, was bitten whereas trying to take away two jap browns that had been mating in a backyard at a Stockleigh home on Sunday.
Tony was bitten on the wrist and rushed to Logan Hospital by paramedics in a critical however secure situation, Queensland Ambulance Service mentioned.
Brooke was additionally hospitalised when she “collapsed” from stress and exhaustion within the hours after the incident.
“As for myself, I was not bitten. I suffered stomach and chest pains, exhaustion and stress,” she mentioned on Facebook on Monday.
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