Unbearable Pain
Spider bite followed by massive strep infection. Likely received arachnid bite while visiting a timber rattlesnake cave (den) a couple weeks prior in NY. I was in the hospital for the better part of a week, pumped full of iv antibiotics and as the image above shows, I needed surgery to remove infected/necrotic tissue (the white strands are my tendons). At the time of this writing I am home, but hooked up to a portable VAC machine to help granulate open wound. Long recovery awaits, but I shouldn't experience any long term debilitating effects. --Unfortunately this is a cell phone pic, so image quality is lacking. I didn't think of bringing my DSLR when I was admitted to the hospital!
Unbearable Pain
Spider bite followed by massive strep infection. Likely received arachnid bite while visiting a timber rattlesnake cave (den) a couple weeks prior in NY. I was in the hospital for the better part of a week, pumped full of iv antibiotics and as the image above shows, I needed surgery to remove infected/necrotic tissue (the white strands are my tendons). At the time of this writing I am home, but hooked up to a portable VAC machine to help granulate open wound. Long recovery awaits, but I shouldn't experience any long term debilitating effects. --Unfortunately this is a cell phone pic, so image quality is lacking. I didn't think of bringing my DSLR when I was admitted to the hospital!