Who doesn't love a day at the beach? Surrounded by nature, all the little sand between your toes, the sea critters. What happens though if one of those critters decides to make you their new home? An 11 year old boy had a tiny snail removed from an abscess of his elbow after a recent trip to the beach. What happened was the snail was slowing growing inside this puss filled lump after he skinned his arm playing in a tidal pool. I guess the snail egg somehow got inside that wound. Hatched and grew leading to this infection. And he didn't know it 'cause he was like well I just got this little abcess here.
A snail was growing in it! Craziest thing I've ever heard. And hanging out in tidal pools is cool. It is cool but there was another case like this in 2013. A little boy scraped his knee while playing and a little snail hatched inside of his leg. So it can it's not super common, it's not common. And the good news is everyone got treated but the best part about this story. I know what you're gonna say go ahead. The docs gave the boy the snail. Yeah! They took it out And now he has it as a memento. He probably thought it was cool, right? He's a little boy. He adopted him. Of course he thought it was, do you know how cool that is as a kid, that is your story. Who else has a story like that as an 11 year old?