I just wanted to come on here to wish all of you a happy 4th of July. So far, mine has been very uneventful, partly because I am stuck in bed because of a leg injury.  The injury is due to my getting a brown recluse spider bite while I slept roughly a week ago. I didn't feel anything at the time of the bite and I didn't see the spider, unfortunately. At first, it wasn't all that bad at all - it looked like a pimple about to pop on my leg, then it popped and alll of this blood and pus came out. It didn't occur to me that I had been bitten by a brown recluse, until after I did some research on the internet, when what I thought was a simple bug bite got worse. The descriptions of that particular spider bite matched what I was seeing on my leg.

However, the good news is that I also found cures for brown recluse spider bites, as well as what they do to you if you go to the ER for it. Pretty much, all they do at the ER, from what I read, is they jut give you some Tylenol and tell you to keep it elevated - that and keep the bite site clean, all of which are things that I am already doing - well, except for the Tylenol part. I guess that Im a freak or something, because stuff like Tylenol does not work on me at all and the only reason why they reccommend it is for the pain.

The worst part about this is the blood. If I am on my feet for more than 15-30 seconds, my leg bleeds at the bite site, which also has a very small ulceration off to one side of it. It also bleeds whenever another big glob of pus wants out. However, the bleeding does stop as ssoon as I elevate my leg again, which is a good thing.

According to the stuff that I've read, roughly 80% of brown recluse spider bites are treated succesfully at home, which is good news for both myself and my husband. It's good news for mye because it means that I don't have to spend any time away from my husband and it's good news for my husband because that means there's no hospital bill to have to pay later on.

So far, I've been healing nicely, as a result of the mixture of an herbal remedy from my husband, coupled with the added uses of hydrogen peroxide, Neosporin, and healing magick.