Tacoma man faces amputation after mysterious spider bite

[Kennah]

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/tacoma-man-faces-amputation-after-mysterious-spider-bite/FF4XPO3AMVHOXHC4TJ4BY3U5GA/

Imagine getting bit by a spider, ending up in the hospital, and doctors tell you they have to amputate your toes and possibly your feet. That’s what a Tacoma man is going through.

“I just can’t believe that I can have this extensive of medical issues with basically a spider bite,” Jesse Elting told KIRO 7.

Elting is a contractor. On June 1, he was at a customer’s house providing an estimate on a deck when a spider bit him.

After several tests, Jesse says doctors have told him it might have been a brown-recluse spider, although that species is not native to Washington. According to the State Department of Health, the two most venomous arachnids found in our state are black widows and yellow sac spiders.

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[PJMcK]

1. A few years ago, I was bitten

I got an arm load of firewood and was bitten on the back of my right hand. 24 hours later, it was swollen and I had a high fever. Scary. A trip to the ER was necessary and the physician speculated it was a black widow or a brown recluse. Some antibiotics for a week and all was well.

Hope this guy will be okay.

[brewens]

2. We also have a lot of hobo spiders here. That can leave a nasty open sore but I don't think

are ever life threatening. I can almost count on finding one hiding in the corner when it gets cold. That's when they get in. The good news is they will almost always find the nearest corner on the floor to set up in. They are kind of hard to miss.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo_spider

[doc03]

3. I know two people that were bit by Brown Recluse spiders both nearly died. The Brown Recluse is

not native to eastern Ohio either. They were considering amputating one person's leg.

[Kennah]

4. What are your thoughts about how they are getting to non native areas?

Hitching a ride in produce?

[doc03]

5. I would guess people traveling from their native habitat areas to other areas

carry them? Maybe with produce too. Look at all the invasive species we have imported from China
maybe even COVID.

[Wonder Why]

6. They are sent in buses by Texas governor Abbott?

[Kennah]

7. DU rules say you should include the sarcasm tag

but it's not something I would dismiss out of hand as sarcasm

[Wonder Why]

8. Sorry. But it was posted as a question, not a statement of "fact".

[Kennah]

9. I was being snarky

I knew you were being sarcastic, but it's the kind of thing if it were reported on the news I'd respond, "Yeah, I figured."