A Virginia woman walked into a steakhouse in Southpoint and felt a sharp pain.

As she walked, the pain got worse. She dropped her phone, keys, and her son’s hand.

“I had my fingers under my foot and that’s when I felt something moving,” said Myrick.

Apparently, she had been bitten twice on her toes by an 8-inch-long copperhead snake that got into the restaurant. It was still stuck in her foot as she tried to get it loose.

“I freaked out,” said Myrick. She recalled yelling: “I got bit! I got bit!”

Michael Clem, her boyfriend, then said there “was no question what it was”---a copperhead.

He and another stomped on it to kill it, but they had to leave it there for the EMTs to confirm what it was.

“Every second girl would walk by and scream,” he said.

It will likely take her three months to fully recover from the copperhead bite.

Copperhead snakes, which are endemic to east coast of North America. They grow to an average length of 20 to 37 inches. The color pattern is a pale tan to pinkish tan ground color that becomes darker towards the foreline.

She added to the website: “Count your blessings and be thankful for the moments you are able to live your life on your own terms and in your own way. I can’t walk on my own and can’t drive — so my life (and my children’s lives) are now at the hands and mercy of those around me. I am forever grateful for the love and support I am surrounded by. My boyfriend, children, parents, and friends have been amazing, and I would be lost without them.”