Tic Bite ? Spider Bite ?

[bootybay]

Jeff like everyone said, please go get it checked out again.. and let us know too please.. spider bites are not to be taken lightly so please go and find out for sure.. sides we need ya here big time..
ya all got me going round the house spider web cleaning.

 

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[jeff of pa]

Jeff, have you worn any clothing lately, (shirts, jackets) that may have been not been worn for awhile. Perhaps
hanging in a basement or garage for some time.

No nothing like that.
I turned a Bedroom into Large walk-in closit.
All my clothes hang on Round type Store Clothing Racks.
but keep putting on my most used clothing out of Habbit.

I was Cleaning another bedroom in my house that I have been using for storage
to get things for yard sale 2 weekends ago, & there were/are alot of webs
havn't finished it yet. but as I said the last time in was
before the 7th. so unless the spider has a memory of an elephant
& came after me last week, I'm doubting it's from that.

I had a Nightmare last night of hundreds of Brown
Spiders chasing me
I gotta get this outta my mind :P

 

[jeff of pa]

Thanks Everyone for your Concern.
Makes me feel good.

Other then getting very Itchy Last night it dosn't realy bother me.
At this point I will go to the Pharmacy & get my Script Filled.
But Until I hear from My Family doctor of what the blood tests show
(The Hospital said they would Forward the tests to her)
I am just in wait & see mode.

This is Last Nights Pic.


This from this Morning



other then the Hole looking like it's maybe a little wider,
it could be because
the Redness looks like less.
I Think my Immune system Would actually heal it in time.
on its own.

 

[Mental Granny]

If you dont hear from your DR. by Wed. call her! Just to make sure she got the test results!

 

[bootybay]

I think I would call your dr. today and ask if the test results came in..that your concerned.. it looks like the hole got bigger Jeff.. good grief, call please.

 

[Tubecity]

Jeff, I hate to be so graphic, but that is the seriousness of a brown recluse bite. Because a spider doesn't ingest
solids, it's venom causes insects or whatever the prey to break down & the spider feeds on fluids. This type of
bite causes the flesh to decay surrounding the bite area. Wider isn't better. Hopefully the meds help & this area
doesn't continue to worsen. Sorry for the boogey-man story , but just a word to the wise.

 

[bootybay]

Jeff how are you feeling today? we are all thinking about ya.. We care and are worried.. any news yet?

 

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[jeff of pa]

Jeff how are you feeling today? we are all thinking about ya.. We care and are worried.. any news yet?

still waiting for a call, but in this case I
guess no news is good news.

can't tell if it's getting better or worse.

 

[mastereagle22]

Judging by the pictures you have posted I am still saying it is not a spider bite.

If you look closely at the picture you will see skin starting to slough off and there appears to be little blisters around the area and redness. If it were a recluse bite you would already see necrotic tissue present which usually appears within 12-24 hours of envenomation by the recluse.

I'm still saying this is a staph infection, maybe MRSA may not be. But that is my educated opinion.

Jeff call them and ask them if they cultured it and if so what were the results. It takes 24 hours for the initial culture and 48 for final reading and Sensitivity testing. They should have an answer by now for you, if they cultured it.

 

[jeff of pa]

they didn't take a Culture
from the wound.
he never actually touched it.

Looked at it and said he didn't see a Head (tic)
and Suggested maybe a spider.

Drew two Gigantic needles of blood which she put evenly in 4 Bottles of
other liquids & shook them.
also drew 5 Small Vials of blood.

I think it's healing Whatever.

 

[Mental Granny]

I think they messed up they should have cultered it! But I could be wrong but to me it does look a little better!

 

[bootybay]

Jeff you are taking antibiotics arent you? I still dont like how it looks... Maybe you should insist they do a culture on it..Jeff I rather ya be super safe then sorry.. when did they take blood samples from ya?

 

[jeff of pa]

Jeff you are taking antibiotics arent you? I still dont like how it looks... Maybe you should insist they do a culture on it..Jeff I rather ya be super safe then sorry.. when did they take blood samples from ya?

saturday afternoon. they wouldn't have even looked at them till yesterday.

i'm taking cephlexin (KEFLEX) every 6 hours. only 3 so far

 

[bootybay]

Good hopefully that will help and take care of it..but I would still want to know for sure if it was a spider bite. keep us posted please like ya have been.

 

[mastereagle22]

Jeff what you described are blood cultures. Totally worthless unless the infection was systemic.

The only way they could have cultured the wound would have been to make a small incision and drain any fluid out and then culture that fluid.

The only reason I am WORRIED is that if it is an infection and not a bite and the antibiotic they gave you does not cover the infection then it would get a little better and then within 48-72 hours could become much worse.

Also it is not uncommon for these types of wounds to open and drain then close back over and appear to be gone and then anywhere from a week to 6 months later come back, if it is MRSA. So just watch it closely. If it doesn't get better or you start running a temperature GO BACK immediately.

 

[jeff of pa]

well I got a Call

They wouldn't Tell me over the Phone
Have to be over at the Office at 10AM tomorrow.

At least they didn't say go Back out to the Hospital :P

 

[utah hunter]

Thanks for the update Jeff, please keep us posted....