SNAKE BITE PIKE CO

A TWO YEAR OLD PIKE COUNTY CHILD WAS BITTEN BY A BABY COPPERHEAD SNAKE THIS WEEK AND WAS LIFE FLIGHTED FROM URMC TO SCOTTISH RITE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN ATLANTA. BETH SANDEFUR FLORES TOLD 101 NEWS, HER SON MASON WAS PLAYING NEAR HIS SANDBOX ON BLOUNT ROAD IN SOUTHERN PIKE, WHEN THE SNAKE BIT HIM ON THE LEFT FOOT. BETH HAD A BIG THANKS FOR UPSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AND THE LIFE FLIGHT SERVICE AND ADDED MASON COULD BE DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL FRIDAY.