Sapphy in hospital
Last weekend, one of my worst fears was realised. One of our cats, Sapphy, was bitten by a brown snake. Living in rural areas carries with it the joy of open spaces to fill with many animals, but also the knowledge that there are some downsides too. One of which, is venomous snakes.
In hindsight, I am sure Sapphy was bitten on the Saturday. There were a couple of tiny signs–the tiniest amount of what looked like congealed blood on her chin, and some odd behaviour. But there were no fang marks and no bleeding from the puncture wounds. As she’d been outside when it happened, we’d obviously missed the initial collapse that follows a snake bite.
It was a full day later, that the venom started to take hold. She vomited up her breakfast, then three hours later she was paralysed in the front legs. I knew straight away that it was either a tick or a snake.
We took her to emergency, and I gave her homeopathic Ledum and Lachesis on the 45 minute drive there. Ledum is for puncture wounds (snake, ticks, wasps) and Lachesis is for snake bites. If I’d thought about it a bit more, I could also have given her homeopathic Conium, with is indicated for tick paralysis.
Even though no one could find a tick, the vet ruled out snake bite (as her pupils, though dilated, were still reactive) and decided it was tick paralysis, inserted a canula and began pumping her with drugs: steroids and antihistamines to avoid anaphylactic shock, atropine to help drain fluid away from her throat and prevent pneumonia, and of course the tick anti-venom. He sedated her heavily, to help her cope with the stress of paralysis, and put her on a drip.
But the next day, she’d shown no improvement. He decided to give her another dose of anti-venom, while I encouraged x-rays to see if there could have been a spinal injury causing the paralysis. While they took x-rays, they managed to get a urine sample from her and the results showed blood cells off the chart. By the damage to the cells, it was clear that she’d been bitten by a brown snake, with a small possibility of a tiger snake. She was then given both anti-venoms for each snake. The vet also gave her Vitamin C injections.
While there is some confusing evidence of Vitamin C use to treat snake bite victims, there is enough anecdotal evidence to suggest it’s worth trying. Apart from anything else, vitamin C is a massive anti-oxidant. And it’s cheap as chips, so why not try it. It couldn’t hurt and probably did a lot of good.
I went to see her in hospital, giving her another homeopathic remedy (this time, a massive dose of Atro CM), and huge amounts of Reiki. My friend and colleague, Eileen, and I used Petnetics to release some past life issue for Sapphy that may have been blocking her recovery, and to gain accurate insight into exactly what homeopathic remedy she needed. The Atro CM wouldn’t have been the usual first choice for snake bite, but it was indicated for Sapphy in order to clear the energetic blockages that may have slowed or impaired her recovery.
I was very fortunate to have a huge network of healers, supporters, friends and colleagues who also sent healing, blessings and good wishes her way.
Sapphy came home on just Day 3 of her recovery, and although she couldn’t walk, she has been improving strongly and quickly each day. Today is Day 5 and she has resumed walking around the house as if she owns the place and has even managed to dart out the front door! (Though she’s still not quick enough to out-run me 
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I’m continuing with vitamin C powder, tissue salts, homeopathy, essences and Reiki, and I’ve no doubt her quick and strong response has been the result of the combination of life saving drugs and complementary therapies.
