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I am fine. No, the hospital wouldn’t look in the containter. Watching the nurse slam the tupperware container when I told her it was still alive was rather amusing. Hey, I needed the laugh at that point. They weren’t happy I brought it with me alive either. But no matter the doctor says the treatment is the same irregardless of the spider, though some others have told me different. And that my immediately washing it with hot water and soap was perfect thing to do. The swelling has gone down and it looks more like a mosquito bite than anything else. And I turned the spider loose outdoors. I couldn’t bring myself to squash it. I guess I startled it as badly as it scared me.
It isn’t the bite that is the danger the doctor tells me. But secondary infection that can set in. So as long as it doesn’t seem to be infected, I am to leave it alone. Though I will say them telling me my blood pressure was a bit high did get a response from me. You think? Gosh, not like I didn’t have a reason. Okay, I am not the most graceful under pressure. But it is nice to know it wasn’t nearly as bad as I have been led to think. Whoo!
Darla