downrange72
Grandmaster
***warning*** not for those with weak constitution
Since I'm about ready to head back to work after a month off, I though I'd share a few photos of my suspected brown recluse bite
Dr.'s are not a 100% sure but they feel it is consistent with a brown recluse. I was fortunate in the fact that the bite stayed superficial and did not get into deeper layers of tissue. They believe that this bite attacked the lymphatic system. I had redness and swelling into my groin.
I posted here just to raise awareness on what an insect bite/probable spider bite can do. I spent 9 days in the hospital. A PICC line was inserted. I had additional 10 days of IV antibiotics and I'm finishing an additional 10 days of two oral antibiotics. My fever was around 99.1 to 102.6 for about a week. I will be going to the wound clinic a few more months. I will eventually be donning some fashionable compression stockings
This happened 4 weeks ago today. The MDs wanted me off an additional two weeks but I convinced them to go back on Monday.
Think about this as you chomp on some BBQ this weekend
. My leg has been compared to a well basted turkey leg 
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10205872869398620&id=1164878593
Go to post 12 if the link isn't working
Since I'm about ready to head back to work after a month off, I though I'd share a few photos of my suspected brown recluse bite
Dr.'s are not a 100% sure but they feel it is consistent with a brown recluse. I was fortunate in the fact that the bite stayed superficial and did not get into deeper layers of tissue. They believe that this bite attacked the lymphatic system. I had redness and swelling into my groin.
I posted here just to raise awareness on what an insect bite/probable spider bite can do. I spent 9 days in the hospital. A PICC line was inserted. I had additional 10 days of IV antibiotics and I'm finishing an additional 10 days of two oral antibiotics. My fever was around 99.1 to 102.6 for about a week. I will be going to the wound clinic a few more months. I will eventually be donning some fashionable compression stockings
This happened 4 weeks ago today. The MDs wanted me off an additional two weeks but I convinced them to go back on Monday.
Think about this as you chomp on some BBQ this weekend
. My leg has been compared to a well basted turkey leg https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10205872869398620&id=1164878593
Go to post 12 if the link isn't working
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