Spider bite!

If you are like me you are very excited to see the winter end and summer finally arrive.  This is always a beautiful time with flowers blooming and more opportunities to do things outside.  With this time of year however there also comes unwanted guests and dangers.  You will understand what I mean as you read on.  I just want to remind you that there are many good insects and spiders however this is one you do not want to meet or have in your home.

When I woke up this morning I was anticipating babysitting my 3 month old granddaughter for the day however I ended up babysitting my 27 year old daughter instead.  I opened the front door to greet them this morning when my daughter explained that she had been bitten by a spider the night before.  She was looking for a box in her garage last night and felt a pinch on her leg but thought she had just scratched herself with a box lid.  She went to bed and later awoke to pain and her leg inflamed.  She then made a quick trip to the doctor.  She was bitten by a Black Widow which is poisonous.  The doctor gave her a shot and a prescription however she had a lot of pain throughout the day.  Her leg also has two distinct fang marks where the spider bit her.  If there is a good side to this story it is that it was Sarah who was bitten and not my 4 year old grandson.  I am sure this would have been a much more serious event for a child.