Friday night I went outside for a routine trash disposal and returned to the kitchen with a severe itch on my right foot, specifically, the second toe. I scratched for a couple of minutes before I suspected something was afoot (no pun intended). I removed my sock to find my skin leaking a clear fluid from a small red dot. I washed it with Hydrogen Peroxide and went about my evening only hours later to see my skin somewhat melting away, then eventually blistering. I went back outside to see what possibly could have caused such an outbreak. I found a web of 2 Violin Spiders, better known as Brown Recluse's. I venture I was bit by the baby spider as my bite is not indicative of a full grown Brown Recluse in which I was not hospitalized although I did see a doctor. The above photo of my toe was taken 2 hours after the bite. It's gotten worse, then better since then.
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