Spider Bite

This weekend went a little differently than planned. On Fri. Graham showed me a spot on his leg that he thought was an ingrown hair. Then on Sat. morning when he woke up I noticed that he was limping. The bump on his leg was bigger and swollen. I forced him to go to the dr. Turns out he got bit by a spider. The dr. said it wasn't poisonous but that the bite had gotten infected. She gave him an antibiotic and just told him to keep an eye on it. Sunday morning when he woke up the wound had gotten bigger and was turning black. The area around the wound was bright red. We decided that he needed to go to the er to have it looked at. The dr. in the er said it looked like he had been bit by a brown recluse spider. They ended up giving him iv antibiotics and prescription for another antibiotic. Monday afternoon I had to take Graham to see a surgeon. The surgeon was able to drain a little bit of fluid from the wound. He has to go back to see the surgeon next week just to make sure it is healing okay. He has been on two different antibiotics, pain med., and ibuprofen for the swelling. He is doing much better now.