Ten Year Old Survives Nasty Jellyfish Sting
Monday, December 28th, 2009
Rachel Shardlow, 10, nearly died when she got tangled in jellyfish tentacles while swimming with her brother in the Calliope River in Australia. Her brother helped her out of the water but Rachel lost consciousness and collapsed at the riverbank. Some quick-thinking campers doused her in vinegar to stop more venom entering her system.
Rachel’s mother drove her to meet paramedics near the remote campsite but her heart stopped on the way and her father had to perform CPR.
FYI: A box jellyfish can kill an adult in less than four minutes.
Luckily, Rachel is recovering nicely.
poor girl. will the stings scar?
Hi..I am Rachaels mother……The stings are healing really well….doctors are amazed…….she will probably only have a few scars…..they treat them as burns, so she will be in a compression bandage for about three months….we will know more then…
I felt so sorry for her i cant even imagine how horrible this is. My sister is about her age so i can at least picture how bad it was. She is very lucky. I am 12 so i am one year older than her. I really hope she recovers nicely.