Beware the spider!!!!
 

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

:(

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

Wow, that doesn't sound like fun.

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

GSG

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.............

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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