As some will recall, I battled the Spider horde in August, and won. Or so I thought.
Last Thursday night, while sitting on the couch watching TV, I felt a pinprick to my left elbow. I looked and saw nothing on the arm of the couch, nor close by. Friday, it was itching, I wanted to use a rasp file to scratch it. Saturday it was starting to swell some. Sunday it was sore to the touch and turning red.
Monday I visited the doctor, who gave me some antibiotics (oral). It slowed down the swelling, and I felt we would survive this one.
Wednesday, I awakened to a terrible pain, the swelling was immense, and there were red streaks up and down my arm. This happened overnight. Back to the doctor. I was given an injection of some type of very strong antibiotic, and told to continue with the Bactrim twice a day, soak the elbow three times a day and apply prescribed ointment. Overnight, the swelling went down about 80% red streaks vanished.
Thursday when I got up, there was redness once again, along with a slight increase in the swelling at the puncture site. So, back to the doctor. Doctor advises give it one more day, if not improving, then it may need to be opened up.
It’s now Friday morning, about the same condition, but there is redness along the bottom of my arm. The skin is sore to the touch in that area.
Bite Mark, only one fang? 
Redness returned
This had to be a special spider that the other survivors hired. I can just imagine him, small, muscular. With one of those stupid bandannas around his head. Maybe some type of ninja symbol on his back. A scar near one of his eight eyes. Anyway, who the hell needs eight eyes! He could have succeeded in his “hit” with his eyes closed and three legs tied behind his back.
So I will spend this nice Friday, somewhere besides where I’d like to be. At least I’m alive to be there.
Don’t worry, I plan retaliation on a grand scale.
Comments welcome,
I have never had a spider bite, but someone I knew almost died from one, when working in the Middle East.
Time to get real nasty with those spiders, I reckon.
Eradication of the Arachnids! Let battle commence!
Best wishes, Pete.
I like your “Eradication of the Aracnids”. I’m still feeling sick from it. I almost wish they had aspirated it or something.
I shudder on your behalf. I loathe spiders and would love to annihilate the one that bit you. Keep us posted about your progress.
I used to have a horrible aversion to them, when I was a kid. I couldn’t get near one. Only good one is a dead one. They don’t eat enough bugs in my opinion.
What a horrifying bite. I sure hope you are better this afternoon.
Thanks Elizabeth, it gets better, then it gets worse. I guess it will run its course. They have given me two shots of antibiotics, plus pills, and ointment.
All I can say is “Yowza!”
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DAMN, Ron, just saw this now – hope you’re ok and that the spider ISN’T! Arghh. So awful!!
I never even got to see that little ninja. The lump on the arm has gone down from a golf ball size, to about that of a candy jawbreaker.
Hi there, Ellie. I’m doing a lot better. It is still firm, but only about the size of a jaw-breaker, down from the golf-ball size it was. They want me to see an orthopedic surgeon to make sure there is no infection in the joint of the elbow.
Thanks for asking, and I plan on making it around to everyone’s blog, very soon.
Glad it’s better in time for the holidays!