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Snakeman Recovering, Prognosis Encouraging
posted (January 6, 2016)

Belize's snakeman, Gilbert Usher is improving at the KHMH tonight. Officially, the hospital is saying that his condition has been upgraded from critical to stable, but we have learned that he is out of an induced coma and doctors expect a full recovery. Doctors expect to take him out of the intensive care unit tomorrow.

As we reported to you yesterday, Usher, the famous snake man, was bitten on the wrist by a Tommy Goff. He had just caught the snake and took it to a friend's house to show off his latest catch. But when he slipped the snake out of the bag he was carrying it in, the Tommy Goff struck him. Seconds later the Usher was on the ground- the venom quickly spreading through his body. It happened on Sunday morning and he was rushed to the KHMH, where his condition was listed as "very critical."

But, in just a few days, that prognosis has changed, and If he does make a complete recovery, this will be the second time Snakeman Usher has survived a bite from the highly poisonous Tommy Goff. In 2008, he was snake-bitten in the face, but made a full recovery.

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