PSA- Brown Recluse

[Drycreek3189]

A friend of mine was bitten a couple weeks ago and didn't see the doctor right away. By the time he went, it was almost too late ! They only gave him small odds of making it through surgery. He did, and we visited him today in the hospital, where he will be for the next few months. The area that was removed is twenty inches long, fourteen inches wide, and five inches deep.

So, you might want to blow those old shop gloves out or your boots, or anything else you have sitting around before you put them on. This ain't something to mess around with !

[Bisch]

No kidding!

Bisch

[BrandonA]

Dang!!! I got bite in HS . Definitely need to go get checked out at first sign

[Hogmauler]

Was bitten in bed in 1980. Woke up in a blind sweat. Got up took a shower and went back to bed. Got up and went to work. Then next morning I found a small pimple on my elbow. Squeezed it and nothing came out. By the end of the day my forearm was hard like a potato. The next morning the pimple had literally caved in and looked like a volcano. I bent my elbow and pus and blood ran out.
Called the doctor and was immediately sent to a Dr. Berkley Powell. He took one look at it and said: " You've been bitten by a brown recluse spider. I am admitting you to the hospital now and we will operate tomorrow.
I was in shock. "Surgery! Wait,Wait,. What"? The doc replied : " You don't understand Mr. Frasier. You can die from this".
The took out a fifty cent piece size of skin off my elbow. Then it was wrapped in some type of blanket that had hot water circulating through it to prepare it for grafting. That stayed on for a week.
Then they took skin out from underneath my left bicep and sewed that up and grafted it onto my left elbow. I believe it was close to three weeks later the bandages came off and the graft had taken. Unfortunately, the donor area had gotten infected in the interim and had to be cut open and drained.
Long story short it was a nightmare that no one should go through. I did the typical guy thing. I dug around in the medicine cabinet and put some anti biotic crème on it until realizing that wasn't working. I could have died. 1/3 of all brown recluse spider bites occur in bed, according to my doctor. Don't play around with spider bites.

[stixx]

Yikes


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[Winman]

A friend of mine was bitten a couple weeks ago and didn't see the doctor right away. By the time he went, it was almost too late ! They only gave him small odds of making it through surgery. He did, and we visited him today in the hospital, where he will be for the next few months. The area that was removed is twenty inches long, fourteen inches wide, and five inches deep.

So, you might want to blow those old shop gloves out or your boots, or anything else you have sitting around before you put them on. This ain't something to mess around with !

I'm fat and overweight,but I don't think theres a place on me that anyone could remove a piece 20x14x5......

[Dry Bones]

They are very serious and hope your friend recovers well. We have a lot of brown recluse spiders here and have to be very vigilant of the kids. If treated quickly it can be a lot less dramatic. I think in the first 24-36 hours.

[Drycreek3189]

I'm fat and overweight,but I don't think theres a place on me that anyone could remove a piece 20x14x5......

I have the pictures, but I ain't putting them on here. Half of you would puke and the other half would gag. It is not pretty !

[18ncs]

Thanks for the thread.

Will someone please post a photo of one ( brown recluse) that has some size reference? I think I know what's what but a little refresher is always good. Thanks

[KenWood]

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[KenWood]

More common in the household than you think. Not extremely apt to bite unless threatened. Normally by putting on boots or gloves as mentioned above.

[BTLowry]

Just posted a thread on here about being careful with feeders that have not been messed with in a while
Found this dude

[gatorgar]

Prayers up. Our very own Bob Sarrels is going thru something similar as well. He will not come on here and ask for prayers, but I'll ask for him.

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[Drycreek3189]

Several years ago, a buddy and I went to my lease to check on things and found a stand blown over. The stand was just on five foot legs, so we stood it back up and I got inside to clean it out. Now, I have never been overly scared of spiders, and I just carried a little mesquite limb up there with me to gather up all the spider webs. I was wearing leather gloves, and boy was I glad ! I killed fourteen black widows in that stand. It was a long couple of minutes ! Never climbed in that stand again without searching every corner of it with a Surefire.

[BTLowry]

We hunted on a place when I was in high school that had community blinds

I climbed in one before daylight, as it started to get light I noticed quite a bit of movement

It had carpet all over the walls and floor and it was loaded with those little jumping spiders

I bailed out and hunted from the ground the rest of the morning