My baby was bit by a venomous spider….

Yesterday we noticed a few red bites on Ezra’s legs, and thought nothing of it. He always gets really red from any sort of bug bite, he has sensitive skin.

Then this morning I noticed another new bite on his arm, and that one of his eyes was a little swollen. Still not thinking its a big deal, but as the day went by my husband noted his ankle was swollen and that we was limping a little. So we made an appt. to after hour peds.

I searched Ezra’s room before he left for his appt, and I found the spider under his crib, I killed it and put it in a bag. Here it is.

While they are on their way to after hours, I am consulting Dr. Google. I am pretty sure the spider is a brown recluse spider, a venomous spider!  Freaking out now.

They see the Dr.s , they look at the spider, and are pretty sure it is also a brown recluse. Ezra has at least 4 bites on him!

The Dr.s said that these spider bites can vary in degree of severity, and can affect people differently. I was going to post a picture of what they can do to a person, but they are really gross. Here is a link if you are not faint of stomach. They can basically eat away your skin.

We are not 100% sure that it was a brown recluse, and may never know. We are not out of the woods yet, we have to monitor him tonight, and tomorrow. If he wakes up and his leg is worse we will have to take him back to the doctor. The bites can cause arthritic like symptoms in their joints, and he may need some medication incase the bites caused an infection. I will keep you all posted.

Ezra is still his happy little self, and no venomous spider will slow him down.

Today I am counting my blessings.