dlazz;1452602 wrote:I just did some reading on Wikipedia, and now consider myself an expert on them. Evidently, the Brown Recluse is fairly passive and only bites in rare occasions when they're suddenly thrust into human contact (most frequently, when people put on clothes they haven't worn in awhile). Even then, a bite doesn't always cause bad things to happen.
Seems to me like it's a freak occurrence to have an issue like your babysitter.
Yeah probably. Could have been a misdiagnosis by her doctor as well. All I know is they found her past out in the shower with all of her clothes on. after taking her the hospital, she was there for several days and even a yr after her leg was really gross around the bite area. Super veiny and purplish color and she still didn't have feeling in her leg around the area. Either way, didn't help me not be afraid of spiders when I was 7 yrs old.