>>14004121 bite I couldn't get to the hospital, so I just laid down and slept it off and made sure to drink when I woke up now and again. I figured if I awoke I'd be fine -- the coagulopathy lasts for about 12 hours, and the neurological symptoms are rarely severe enough to kill you.
I wrapped my leg, got the symptoms, couldn't stay conscious and went to bed. Bite marks were leaking blooding. I had a terrible headache, but it wasn't transient and left. The next day I couldn't open my left eye. By about 48 hours I was symptom free.
I obviously didn't get a lethal dose, or a lethal dose for my constitution and body size.
Second bite I went to the hospital and they did all the shit there. To be honest, there was no difference and I recovered the same on my own.
Now, if I was dosed higher in the first bite, there's a chance you need renal and breathing support, but that's usually with the big browns (it was a smaller one in both my cases) or multiple bites.
The Coastal Taipan is the only one to really fear IMO, unless you have heart/kidney problems or it was a really big brown that gets you.
Both were in the garden, hence why I was being silly and not watching where I walked. I live in the middle of nowhere in the outback.
