Alesha Mills, 6, at her Cairns home after surviving a bite from a death adder. Picture: Brendan Francis Source: The Cairns Post
A CAIRNS mum says she is amazed at the fighting spirit of her young daughter, who survived a bite from one of Australia's most venomous snakes.
Six-year-old Alesha Mills is now recovering at home after the 30cm death adder struck her toe on Friday afternoon, putting her in hospital for two nights.
"She's a little fighter," mum Rebecca Mills said.
The pint-sized primary school student heard the family dogs barking and went to investigate when she was bitten by the deadly snake near a side fence.
"I've never heard her scream so loud in her life," Ms Mills said.
She quickly applied a compression bandage and dialled triple-0.
Alesha being treated with antivenene in Cairns Base Hospital.
"It was only after they took her compression bandages off that she went straight downhill," Ms Mills said.
After her leg began to swell and she began vomiting, doctors administered a venom detection test, which showed the bite was from a death adder.
"I was petrified to see a six-year-old in so much pain, she just deteriorated so quickly," she said.
Facing the risk of organ failure if untreated, Alesha was rushed to the emergency department at Cairns Base Hospital, where she was treated with antivenene.
"There's a high risk of anaphylactic shock but luckily she went through it with no real reaction," Ms Mills said.
She said snakes were commonly sighted around the family home, which is surrounded by thick bushland and near the Cairns Tropical Zoo.
"We live in the middle of the scrub so there's not much you can do about them," she said.
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