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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Gene;  I'm glad you are better.  What you have described sounds more like an 
allergic reaction to the bite than anything else.  It is good to have 
benadryl, but with a reaction as severe as what you described, a person like 
you, of advanced age, should always have an epi-pen around.  

Incidentally, benadryl can have its own unwanted side effects in some 
people.......shouting snd singing....bobford


--- On Thu, 6/19/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

> From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Spider bite
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, June 19, 2008, 6:53 AM
> On Jun 19, 2008, at 7:39 AM, paxamicus AT earthlink.net wrote:
> 
> >>
> >
> > Do you have brown recluses down there? My ex had a
> horrible spider
> > bite that took ages to heal, we actually had to
> debride it regularly.
> >
> > I hope you're doing ok.
> 
> Are you talking to me, Moonbeam?
> 
> Here in mid-Ozarks we have brown recluse spiders too
> numerous to  
> tally. Mostly they and I get along fine. The Taj Mahen egg
> fetch is  
> done through an outside hinged opening. One must look for
> the bitty  
> fellers before one puts one's hands in there. I suspect
> they feed on  
> mites. When their numbers begin to unnerve me I kill them.
> 
> It is not impossible that this spider that bit me is a
> brown recluse.  
> Research disclosed that they sometimes do live outside, in
> protected  
> spots, and do build irregular webs, all of which fits this
> guy and his  
> place and even size. The problem with ID is I squished one
> side of him  
> when pushing a jar up to catch him and of course the legs
> retract upon  
> death, at least this one did.
> 
> I will have someone monitor what the wound site looks like
> from time  
> to time.
> 
> So far, no secondary conditions.
> 
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