A 6-year-old boy is recovering in the hospital after being bitten by a venomous snake Friday afternoon. Ethan Booco was playing in the grass outside a restaurant in Ken Caryl and C-470 when he was bitten.
“When I got the snakebite, it hurt a very lot,” said Ethan.
He thought he had been stuck with a thorn, but the swelling, pain and bruising prompted his family to rush him to the hospital.
“It looked like a bee sting, that’s what I saw. All of a sudden, it started getting worse and worse,” said Ethan’s grandmother Theresa Booco.
Doctors at Swedish Medical Center, where Ethan is being treated, said it shows classic signs of a snakebite.
“When we saw the extent of the swelling and the bruising and the redness, it was progressing quite rapidly,” said Dr. Martin Alswang.
When asked if he cried, Ethan said, “When I hurt myself I didn’t, but when I got inside I did.”
Ethan is expected to go home over the weekend. He’s still hoping for the plate of chicken nuggets he ordered at the restaurant before he was bitten.