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Yeah pretty serious. Some nasty looking bruising that spread pretty fast. A lot of pain, fever, heart palpitations. She is on a lot of pain medications, steroids, and antibiotics.
i know of a guy who ultimately lost his wiener from a bite on his thigh... no shtick
Damn. I hope Mrs. Shiz doesn't lose her wiener.
I've heard that AFLAC likes to duck out on their claims. It sucks when you have a big bill.
Yeah, and it's even worse when you get a quack for a doctor.
How much tissue did it kill? I knew a guy who got bit on the inside of the knee and it looked like a freaking bullet wound when all was said and done.
The training base I went to in Texas after Basic had a history of brown recluse bites. They like to hang out in the airframes to get out of the heat. One guy ended up with a good size hole in his hand from one while I was there.
Only day 3 and the skin hasn't started to slough off yet. It started off the size of a pin head, and by the end of the first day it was half dollar size, black, blue, green. Today day 3 it is solid bruise and really painful. Dr. said it could take up to 7 days to see the results of the bite fully.
Update?
Day 4 a lot of pain (burning type) she is taking a lot of pain medication, and has an ice bag on the bite area, which seems to help a little. Have a follow up with her PCP tomorrow. The bite site seems to look a little better today. Biggest problem is with the breakthrough pain, no warning at all it just happens, and usually it is in the middle of the night.'Flying Spaghetti Monster said:
Can you share the play by play of how it happened? Did you manage to capture the little bugger?
Pretty uneventful...wife was sleeping and said she felt a sting in the middle of the night. In the morning she showed me what looked like a little bite. A few hours later she was in the ER, spent the night, was released. We never saw the spider. ER physician said it was a Brown Recluse by the signs and symptoms.
Wow... I'm pretty sure I would move knowing that the suspect is still running loose. Hope things get better soon.
Are you two still sleeping on that same bed?
Like I said, nothing to mess around with. That was wiener guy's problem. He got bit on the thigh and didnt go to the doctor for a week. By then half his bag was gone.
Good thoughts your way.
Best of luck to both of you.
Mrs. Foos would never sleep in our bed again if that happened to her.
Right leg right above knee. Thigh area
So are they saying an abnormal immune response caused the hemolytic anemia? I was thinking you were generally born with the precursors, as most of this is genetic, but that outside factors could bring on onset. One of those being abnormal immune response which would also explain the spider bite and how it is acting. Of course there are about a dozen different versions including Sickle Cell which is in this family.Anyway thoughts and best wishes with you and the family.
ugh, like an idiot i had to do it too.WTF
I second the suggestion to burn the house down.
Yes exterminator has been out. We are set up on a monthly schedule. But the exterminator is lime the fence along the border, it sounds good in theory but it is not going to stop all spiders from entering your home. Spitting in the wind. Since we live in a housing area that backs up to woods this will be always be a problem. Hopefully with more development it will drive the little bastages farther out.Hope she's feeling better.Have you had an exterminator out to the house yet?
Are there any natural predators of the brown recluse spider? Maybe lizards, snakes, lazer cats?Yes exterminator has been out. We are set up on a monthly schedule. But the exterminator is lime the fence along the border, it sounds good in theory but it is not going to stop all spiders from entering your home. Spitting in the wind. Since we live in a housing area that backs up to woods this will be always be a problem. Hopefully with more development it will drive the little bastages farther out.
I do not know if I should tell you this or not.The problem with spraying is that you kill the good competitor and predator spiders and insects and thus make more room for the brown recluse spiders which are hard to kill with a direct spray; in the end this may make the problem worse.'SHIZNITTTT said:Yes exterminator has been out. We are set up on a monthly schedule. But the exterminator is lime the fence along the border, it sounds good in theory but it is not going to stop all spiders from entering your home. Spitting in the wind. Since we live in a housing area that backs up to woods this will be always be a problem. Hopefully with more development it will drive the little bastages farther out.'johnnyrock62000 said:'SHIZNITTTT said:
Now that you mention it, I think I saw a scenario like this on Infested (Animal Planet). These people had super-aggressive poisonous spiders, and it actually got worse when they sprayed. On the bright side, though, at least you didn't buy a house located right on top of a den of garter snakes.
Well got to love the scientifically accurate denial.
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