Teen bitten by snake on holiday in wales given two anti-venom shots

Izzi Larkins, 13, bent down to get a closer look at the snake when it reared up and bit her on the finger. Her parents were having lunch in a nearby restaurant when she walked up to them and

said: "Mum, can you google what to do when you get bitten by a snake?" Izzi's middle finger began to swell before her hand and arm also ballooned up all the way to her

shoulder. Her mother Ros, 49 said: "She walked in with her arm in the air and said: 'Mum, can you google what to do when you get bitten by a snake?' "I thought she was

joking, but she showed me her middle finger on her right hand and it was already beginning to swell up. "She was so calm about the whole thing that I didn't think there was a need

to panic, but we called 999 to be safe as we couldn't get through to the out of hours number. "When the ambulance arrived, the paramedics checked Izzi over and said she needed an

air ambulance immediately." A helicopter was then called to the beach at Aberdaron, North Wales, and Izzi was flown to hospital where she was given anti-venom. Mrs Larkins, from

Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, said: "We thought she would only be in for one night, but that quickly changed when the doctors started discussing surgery. "She was in a lot of pain

during the first night and had to keep her arm elevated. It was suspended above her head all night. "By this point, her hand was massive. It was like when you blow in to a rubber glove.

"They decided against surgery but gave her a second dose of anti-venom. GIANT SNAKE ATTACKS UNSUSPECTING BUSH WALKERS "The doctors told us it was unheard of to need two doses of

the anti-venom. Apparently, it's never happened before. "The swelling went all the way up her shoulder. It was very angry looking." WALES NEWS SERVICE The youngster had to

keep her arm elevated "Izzi was just so brave. Even when she was in immense pain, she just got on with it." The family were on holiday in North Wales when Izzi was bitten. And she

is the third child to be bitten on by adders in the Llyn Peninsula this summer after two boys were attacked earlier this month.