The day after Christmas we noticed Zach had a small bump on his arm. It kind of looked like a little zit but we decided to leave it alone and watch it. By Sunday morning it was a deep angry red about the size of a nickle with the white blister and a black dot in the middle. His poor little arm was all swollen and he was not a happy boy. Christian took him to the doctor (I love our Doctor, the only day they aren't open is Christmas day) that day and its a good thing. When the doctor drained it there was a big pea size ball of black/grey poison along with a bunch of pus and liquid that came out. Nasty right? Anyway now he is on anti-biotics and we have to watch and make sure he doesn't get a staff infection from it. We discovered that the spiders in our place are called Yellow Sac Spiders and are one of the 4 poisonous spiders found here in Utah. They only bite when they feel threatened so we think he must have rolled on it in his sleep. Keep your eyes open for them!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
BEWARE OF THESE SPIDERS
The day after Christmas we noticed Zach had a small bump on his arm. It kind of looked like a little zit but we decided to leave it alone and watch it. By Sunday morning it was a deep angry red about the size of a nickle with the white blister and a black dot in the middle. His poor little arm was all swollen and he was not a happy boy. Christian took him to the doctor (I love our Doctor, the only day they aren't open is Christmas day) that day and its a good thing. When the doctor drained it there was a big pea size ball of black/grey poison along with a bunch of pus and liquid that came out. Nasty right? Anyway now he is on anti-biotics and we have to watch and make sure he doesn't get a staff infection from it. We discovered that the spiders in our place are called Yellow Sac Spiders and are one of the 4 poisonous spiders found here in Utah. They only bite when they feel threatened so we think he must have rolled on it in his sleep. Keep your eyes open for them!
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Oh how freaky. Poor Zach! The bad thing about those spiders are they are hard to spot. They blend in with our walls and capret. eeek!
Wow! That's freaky! Poor Zach attack. I hope he doesn't roll over anymore.
wow...how scary!! I am going to watch for these. Thanks for the heads up!
Poor Zach! I am glad that he is ok!
Oh yikes! I have killed a few of those spiders in my house. Hope Zach makes a quick recovery, no infections!
Terrible! Let us know how he is doing.
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