Well the doctors told us today.... no way it's a spider bite or any other critter...... but she definetly has cellulitis.
hey mike: i haven't been active here at the sly forum & i just finished reading your post. 1st of all.... i'm glad that your little angel is doing fine. we have her in our prayers as well as the rest of your family. 2nd of all... i strongly disagree with the doctors. i'm no doctor but i'm a very proud RN and i have taken care of patients with spider bites many times.
matter of fact.... i posted a thread (i think it was titled..."kill that spider" or something like that) about a year and a half ago on this forum. i tried locating it but was unable. maybe someone... here can find it. anyways.... basically the message was on that thread is that if u saw a spider in your house is 2 immediately kill it. because... i have taken care of several patients with cellulitis in the past as a RN that were cause by spiders.
i will share one case that i had. it was a male patient who had cellulitis of the scrotum.
yes... i said scrotum. his cellulitis of the scrotum was so severe that he had 2 b hospitalized. the infection was so bad that he need surgery 2 drain the infection out. his cellulitis was so intense that his scrotum was the size of grapefruits. it was probably bigger. man.... it was difficult on me as a RN taking care of him because as a man (i can only imagine how painful it was). it was soooo painful that i had 2 administer heavy intravenous pain meds 2 him every 2 hours.
basically... spiders can cause cellulitis. that's why if i see a spider in the house. i''m going 4 the kill. trust me... u don't want 2 have cellulitis of the scrotum.
on a side note.... if any sly member can find that post. repost it because it's a gr8 message 2 kill that spider.
say no 2 spiders and yes 2 NOT having cellulitis.
WARHAWK
