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Just got home from the DR. It is a Spider bite, He put me on antibiotics [Cephalexin] and some kind of cream to put on it. It is turning purple now. Thanks guys for the prayers,
Maybe I will become Spiderman :]
 
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Blood pressure was through the roof though. Dr wasn't happy with that.
Be careful Scotty watch it closely. Spider bites can turn to MRSA, my youngest adult daughter spent 4 days in the hospital on IV with what started out as a simple spider bite, got mis-diagnosed at one ER and went to another where they admitted her right away.. Not trying to scare you, just be careful is all, because hers advanced quickly once it got going..
 
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Be careful Scotty watch it closely. Spider bites can turn to MRSA, my youngest adult daughter spent 4 days in the hospital on IV with what started out as a simple spider bite, got mis-diagnosed at one ER and went to another where they admitted her right away.. Not trying to scare you, just be careful is all, because hers advanced quickly once it got going..
Thank you Dave, It is really hot and inflamed and purplish now, Green looking in the center. I am glad I went to the Dr and got antibiotics
 
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Just got home from the DR. It is a Spider bite, He put me on antibiotics [Cephalexin] and some kind of cream to put on it. It is turning purple now. Thanks guys for the prayers,
Maybe I will become Spiderman :]
Yes, you are starting to look like spiderman
Praise the Lord!
 
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Thank you Dave, It is really hot and inflamed and purplish now, Green looking in the center. I am glad I went to the Dr and got antibiotics
Well let's pray they kick in quickly. If it isn't better soon and certainly if it worsens I'd go to the ER. They will pump you up with a strong antibiotic you can't take by mouth. One time I got sent home with a stent and had to return to the hospital daily for three days for another IV bag, plus take Augmentin at home. They were very close to admitting me on my first visit.
 
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Well let's pray they kick in quickly. If it isn't better soon and certainly if it worsens I'd go to the ER. They will pump you up with a strong antibiotic you can't take by mouth. One time I got sent home with a stent and had to return to the hospital daily for three days for another IV bag, plus take Augmentin at home. They were very close to admitting me on my first visit.
I am watching it and it seems to be getting dark in the center, I hope it don't rot out like he said it could. Yuck
 

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Just got home from the DR. It is a Spider bite, He put me on antibiotics [Cephalexin] and some kind of cream to put on it. It is turning purple now. Thanks guys for the prayers,
Maybe I will become Spiderman :]
Spiderman..ha ha...I like that. But seriously I am praying for healing for you in Jesus name and the power of the Holy Spirit to fill you. God bless
 
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I am watching it and it seems to be getting dark in the center, I hope it don't rot out like he said it could. Yuck
You haven't lived till you have a cyst abscess and come to the surface and burst. Oh man !!! Nuff said on that one. They told me only like 1% of cases this happens with that kind of cyst. It was a trial, I know it was because it was at the very end of my Job experience last year and going into this winter..
 
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Brown Recluse spider bites are nasty. Did he say is was a Brown Recluse?
 
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Brown Recluse spider bites are nasty. Did he say is was a Brown Recluse?
He didn't say what kind, He said there has been lots of them lately. I guess the heat? It looks a lot worse this morning so I hope that is normal.
 
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Brown Recluse spider bites are nasty. Did he say is was a Brown Recluse?
My favorite Christian SF author Kathy Tyers had to move in to a friend's garden cottage for a few months when her husband had some kind of mental breakdown. When she moved out after things settled down, they found a nest of several hundred Brown Recluse spiders right under her bed.

Eek.
 
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My favorite Christian SF author Kathy Tyers had to move in to a friend's garden cottage for a few months when her husband had some kind of mental breakdown. When she moved out after things settled down, they found a nest of several hundred Brown Recluse spiders right under her bed.

Eek.
That is the stuff nightmares are made of...
 
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My favorite Christian SF author Kathy Tyers had to move in to a friend's garden cottage for a few months when her husband had some kind of mental breakdown. When she moved out after things settled down, they found a nest of several hundred Brown Recluse spiders right under her bed.

Eek.
Eeeek! I habitually kill spiders I find in my house. I hate spiders.
 
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By the way, Note my new avatar. It was a radioactive spider that activated with all the deer meat I have been eating and "now my spidey sense tells me I must go make biscuits for the leftovers" ;)
 
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