The child should be able to go home the same day. Bloom and Pamela create antivenin in partnership. Bloom provides the expertise, Pamela the biological magic. The process begins when Bloom injects Pamela with a small, diluted dose of bark scorpion venom. Bloom knows that the doses she gives Pamela must be very small because bark scorpion venom is a neurotoxin.
Neurotoxins are poisonous proteins that attack the nervous systems of both animals and humans.
By injecting only a small, oil-diluted dose of venom, Bloom ensures that Pamela does not suffer the same painful effects as a normal sting victim. Bloom further protects Pamela by injecting the venom into her muscle. Since neurotoxins spread quickly through the series of nerves located just under the skin's surface, they tend to shock the system when they hit. Injecting the venom deeper into muscle slows the rate it is absorbed by the goat's body. Bloom's precautions allow Pamela's body to process the venom gradually.