NEWS
Doctors say woman bitten by rattler lucky to have survived
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Jennifer Duffin Goad is a country girl who lives at Montague. She has walked her family’s property for the past 30 years enjoying its beauty, but she also knows to watch for hazards like snakes.
On June 3 she took that walk just like always and a large rattlesnake bit her not once, but twice. It was the start of a painful journey that almost took her life. A path that includes seven days in the hospital 36 viles of anti-venom and unimaginable pain.
The 37-year-old Goad is married to Warren, and they have two sons, ages 12 and 16. They live at Montague next door to her parents, Charles and Faith Duffin, and her grandmother as the other neighbor.
The afternoon of June 3 she came home from work early and thought it was a nice day so she would go for a walk. She explains her granny’s property has a large stock tank that is very pretty and that was where she was heading.
While on the walk she was bitten by a rattlesnake. Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
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The Montague County Commissioner’s proclaimed June as Elder Abuse Awareness Month during its Tuesday session.
The court faced a brief agenda following the Memorial Day holiday. Kimberly Davis of the Adult Protective Services team for Montague and Clay County presented the proclamation. Working and living in Montague County, she said they handled 1,756 total cases last year and of those 162 were investigated in Montague County.
Davis explained elder abuse comes in many forms both physical, mental and financial, impacting men and women, old and younger and from all ethnic and economic backgrounds. Commissioners approved the proclamation and thanked Davis for her work.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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