Beware the spider!!!!

[Dan Morris]

Woke up early Thursday morning with what I thought was
a calf cramp....subsided and I went to work, came home that nite with chills n feaver. Friday progressed ok till my right foot n calf turned beet red. Called Kaiser home line and was told to take double Benadril and rub it with hydracortisone cream.......As swealing was not getting better, I went in today....antibiotics and two IV's of more antibiotics gotta go back tomorrow for more!
As I set here, laced in a dam foot boot so I can't move ankle.
I have no foggy as to what this was.......neither did the Doc.
Gang, be careful and be sure to spray ALL HVAC ducts.
Dan

:(

[Niteowl]

I'd be willing to bet it was a Brown Recluse:(

[Gunslingergirl]

Wow, that doesn't sound like fun.

Hope it clears up fast and you're feeling better soon.

GSG

[Dan Morris]

Did the second set of IV's today.....swelling has dramatically
decreased! Still can't find bite marks...will continue oral meds and keep it elevated...think I'm gonna survive.LOL
Dan

Guess I keep my toys a little longer.............

[Swift]

Glad to hear things are gettin a bit better! When I was a kid my Grand Ma almost lost her leg to a Brown Recluse bite.

[TreeDoc]

A Brown Recluse bite will make itself obvious as the wound progresses. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. The bite wound will become red in a circular fashion. the skin will become necrotic and start to sluff off leaving a deep volcano looking hole. If you catch it in time, antibiotics can stop it. It took MONTHS for my wound to heal and I was at the Doc about 3 days after the initial suspected bite time.

You definitely got nailed by something nasty though!

Spiders are icky.

[Dom]

He Dan, you either had your leg where it don't belong or were on the wrong side of town :D

Seriously, hope you get healed up fine, that doesn't sound like any kinda fun I know of anyway, Waidmannsheil, Dom.

[Dan Morris]

Thanks guys, granted, my office is on the wrong side of town...
Dom, I always provide for 'safe leg' by keeping my foot in my shoe.LOL...We'll see what happens, hole in leg??????????it'll
match the three in my head. Thanks for the wishes, got a guy working for me that has offered to amputate at a good price...
Dan
:D

[gd357]

man, sounds like a rather rough bout with mother nature. Hope everything works out without gaining any holes, or losing any appendages.;) :D seriously, hope all goes well.

gd

[gspsonny03]

Sorry to hear about that Dan. Hope you're getting better.

[Mil Dot]

Sorry to hear about the bite Dan, as TD said Brown Recluse bites are nasty and results are apparent. I had an old cusomer that got bit just above hair line with similar results and heal time.

Hope you're feeling better and that it isn't from a BR.

Take care.

MD

[Dan Morris]

Thanks all, gonna be a few days....all appears to be going well
took the rest of the week off. Leg is still a little red but has shrunk down to nearly normal size...think it's gonna be ok.
Hey, did get my deer draw!!!!!! 1st combined season.
Dan
:D

[Dan Morris]

Sunday, man, what a difference 5 days make! Swelling is gone, red is 99 gone...haven't found any brown spots. Guess it wasn't
a BR after all! Thanks for the wishes n PM's. Guess we go on with life and daily med.
Dan
:D