This BITES!!

Thanks to some adorable spider - Aaron ended up in the emergency room on Saturday night. He usually has a pretty good reaction to mosquito bites ... so, when he first showed me his leg Saturday morning - he just asked for the anti-itch spray (like he usually does) ... and it didn't look too terribly bad. Then, of course, he wore long pants that day - until he asked for more anti-itch spray that night - when I saw this:

Yowser! Lookin' a liiiiiiiittle more swollen than it should ... and his whole leg, knee down, was sizzling hot!

So - here he is at the Payson ER at 10:30 at night ...


Here's the nasty bite mark:


His ankle got so puffy!


The ER was soooooo busy (we went to Payson hoping for less busy ... but so it goes, I guess)! The doc put him on an antibiotic - wrapped the wound and told us to keep it elevated and on ice for the next 2 days. He had me trace where the red was with a pen on his leg so we could make sure it was not spreading by tomorrow (increased redness would equal IV treatment -- NOT what we wanted).

We didn't leave the ER until 12:30 am or so. THEN we had to wait in line at the pharmacy. Aaron was so tired ... sheesh! So was I!! He got to bed about 2 am - poor lil' dude - he didn't even wake up until I got home from church at noon!


Even though the doc said his leg would stay swollen for several days and not to expect it to heal very quickly - Sunday afternoon most of the red was gone. Haleluah! The swelling is going down fast too. It's funny, 'cuz Ty and I were talking just last week about how we haven't seen ANY spiders in our house this whole Summer. Well - Sunday ... I squished about 5 different bugs. haha ... we still think the bite happened sometime on the 24th -- we were outside all day. Getting through the Summer without a few bug bites is impossible ... but this was a little much for us! BEWARE OF BITES!