13 Dec
2001
13 Dec
'01
8:51 a.m.
On December 13, Jeff Hellige wrote:
The unfortunate thing about the brown recluse is that
you
likely won't see it before it bites you and the insides of equipment
that has been out in a shed or something similar is a good place for
them. I'm no longer sure what areas they're common in, but the Ozark
mountains of southern Missouri has their share of them.
I found two in my basement in Laurel MD, Jeff...
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL
13 Dec
13 Dec
10:33 a.m.
I had one in a pair of old coveralls that bit my leg when I lived in Las
Vegas and have seen one here in the 3 yrs we've been in this house, but
outside the house. The fiddle is on their back.
-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
-> [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Dave McGuire
-> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 1:52 PM
-> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
-> Subject: Re: Wierd Things you've found inside... (was Smoking around
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->
->
-> On December 13, Jeff Hellige wrote:
-> > The unfortunate thing about the brown recluse is that you
-> > likely won't see it before it bites you and the insides of equipment
-> > that has been out in a shed or something similar is a good place for
-> > them. I'm no longer sure what areas they're common in, but the Ozark
-> > mountains of southern Missouri has their share of them.
->
-> I found two in my basement in Laurel MD, Jeff...
->
-> -Dave
->
-> --
-> Dave McGuire
-> St. Petersburg, FL
->
11:35 a.m.
These are really nasty little buggers...
One bit me on the shin, just above my boot... Never felt
a thing. Stage 1 (bite +6 hours) was like a mosquito bite.
Stage 2 (bite + 12 hours) was like someone had implanted
a red hot golf ball in my leg. Stage 3 (bite + 36 hours) was
swelling and redness to the knee. I really hate going to the
doctor and will do almost anything to avoid it.
I couldn't get there fast enough with this thing...
I could literally watch my leg swelling up!
The docs were worried that I might start shedding red
blood cells so they took blood every day for a week and
had me on some of the biggest pills I have ever seen. One of
them was for people with leprosy!
In the end, I had a hole about the size of a quarter in my leg that
went all the way to the bone and took months to heal...
The toxin in a brown recluse venom kills all tissue and can cause
your red blood cells to suddenly die off.
Bite can be deadly, even to large adults!
I hope to never see one again!
(not that I saw it the first time!)
Russ Blakeman wrote:
I had one in a pair of old coveralls that bit my leg
when I lived in Las
Vegas and have seen one here in the 3 yrs we've been in this house, but
outside the house. The fiddle is on their back.
-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
-> [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Dave McGuire
-> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 1:52 PM
-> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
-> Subject: Re: Wierd Things you've found inside... (was Smoking around
-> computers)
->
->
-> On December 13, Jeff Hellige wrote:
-> > The unfortunate thing about the brown recluse is that you
-> > likely won't see it before it bites you and the insides of equipment
-> > that has been out in a shed or something similar is a good place for
-> > them. I'm no longer sure what areas they're common in, but the Ozark
-> > mountains of southern Missouri has their share of them.
->
-> I found two in my basement in Laurel MD, Jeff...
->
-> -Dave
->
-> --
-> Dave McGuire
-> St. Petersburg, FL
->
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