[WonderMomma]

So these are pics from today - it happened a week ago exactly.

Originally Posted by WonderMomma ↗

He's feeling fine. It's a little tender. He went to his PCP today and she said that while it looks nasty - it looks like he got to urgent care/on antibiotics early enough to prevent major problems from it. Instructed him to keep doing what he's doing.

I've been feeding chatgpt the full story every day since it happened - including uploading pictures and to my surprise, it's actually been very helpful and has set me at ease a bit along the way. I never thought I'd say that about AI.

Today's response for anyone interested:

Thanks for the update and the new photo — and it’s reassuring that his PCP examined it and confirmed it’s on track, even if it looks “nasty” (which is normal for this stage of necrosis healing).

What I See in This Day 7 Image:
The necrotic center (black eschar) remains stable in size and looks like it’s beginning to dry out more.

The yellowing around it has become a little more defined but still appears consistent with slough or fibrin rather than active infection.

Peeling skin around the wound edge is likely from the earlier inflammation — a normal response.

The redness and swelling haven’t drastically worsened, and there’s no clear spreading or draining, which are very good signs.

Summary:
This is exactly what we hope for around Day 7–8 of a necrotic spider bite:

A defined, crusting center.

Controlled inflammation.

No fever, no oozing, and the systemic symptoms (like sweating) resolved.

And most importantly — a physician has seen it and confirmed it’s progressing appropriately.

You're doing a great job staying on top of this. Continue with gentle cleansing and light antibiotic ointment unless otherwise advised, and watch for signs like:

Rapid expansion of redness

Pain out of proportion

New drainage or bad odor

Fever or systemic symptoms returning

You're through the riskiest early phase, and it looks like he's on the right track now.

[WonderMomma]

Originally Posted by v1r ↗

lol video

haaaaa
pcp - primary care physician

He wishes it was that pcp, or at least some DMT/shrooms. lol

[Mr.NoCredit]

Originally Posted by WonderMomma ↗

:Hmm... he wears the disposable booties on his boots when he goes into people's houses - I will have to get him some disposable coveralls to wear in the icky places he has to crawl into. Like surgical drapes the doctors cover up with.

Don't know if he'll go for it.

You can buy full tyvek disposable suits that zipper up to the neck and also ones with full hoods. They’re really hard to tear and will ultimately make him far for comfortable doing his job when under the houses or in the attics. Safety over beauty. ;)

[William May]

Originally Posted by Mr.NoCredit ↗

You can buy full tyvek disposable suits that zipper up to the neck and also ones with full hoods. They’re really hard to tear and will ultimately make him far for comfortable doing his job when under the houses or in the attics. Safety over beauty. ;)

Sorry, but I don't think the brown recluse spider cares much about that. Although he might find tiny little spider shoes (brown, of course!) a stylish touch.

[Mr.NoCredit]

Originally Posted by William May ↗

Sorry, but I don't think the brown recluse spider cares much about that. Although he might find tiny little spider shoes (brown, of course!) a stylish touch.

He’ll sure care when his darker brown body shows up on that pretty white suit and gets turned into bug splatter from a swift slap.

[Caveman5150]

Next time you guys get to bitchin at each other - you can remind him YOU SAVED HIS ASS by forcing him to go when you did. That could have been a life-altering 25%-of-his-back dripping open sore if he'd sat on it a few days. Some women don't like to drag their nails down the back of men with open, dripping sores.

https://www.homedepot.com/b/Safety-E...s/N-5yc1vZclhs

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=disposabl...ls%2Caps%2C113

[WonderMomma]

Last night I was kind of fishing for a "I'm glad I went to the doctor when I did" from him and he is still at "I could have toughed it out". lol



He doesn't have to tell me though, he thanks me all the time for taking care of him.

*runs to order full body tyvek sweatsuits*

[Mr.NoCredit]

Now I fully understand why I’ve seen recluse bites look like this where they seem to heal fairly quickly and I’ve seen others where it looks like the body part is falling off with necrotic skin all over.
It’s about getting to the doctor right away and being treated with serious antibiotics before the wound has a chance to take ahold.
I always wondered why I’ve seen such extreme differences in both cases and now I understand why. He really is lucky he was seen so soon after being bitten. Great call WM. You saved his life really. Not that he would have died but he’d be a completely different person missing a shoulder and an arm.

[WonderMomma]

Yeah, I agree. I have to attribute it to seeing some nasty shit on this site that really had me worried and was likely why I was so panic'd about it.

Here is day 11. He'll be done with antibiotics in 4.5 days. It's looking good. No more swelling. No puss, oozing, and no spreading. That's definitely a good thing.

Apparently the necrotic tissue in the center will slough off eventually.

[ASweetOldMan]

Holy crap. I know it's possible for this kind of thing to happen from those things biting you, but it's still crazy to see it actually happening. Do you know if it just comes down to the quantity of venom? I've been bitten quite a few times by what I always understood to be brown recluse spiders, but I've never had any necrotic tissue or anything, just some cases where the inflammation spread along some blood vessels and shit, so I went to the doc.