Kao was sent to the hospital for treatment, which saved his life. Yet within ten days one chunk after another of his leg fell off. "The gnarled mass of flesh and blood shocked people," Kao recalls.
送往醫院治療的高正勝，總算撿回一條小命，但是遭蛇咬的左小腿肌肉，竟在十天內一塊一塊的掉光，「當時血肉糢糊的樣子，很嚇人。」