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By Meredith Gorfein
Rappahannock News Writer
Jen Stockton of Washington, home for the summer and earning money for college by weeding a neighbor’s garden, disturbed a brown recluse spider. He didn’t make his annoyance felt right away, but it will be quite a while before Ms. Stockton will be rid of his presence.
She was doing some afternoon weeding where weeding hadn’t been done for some time. She was vaguely aware of something brushing her arm, perhaps a blade of grass. When she looked there was a tiny white spot — almost like cappuccino foam or sap from a weed. Within minutes her arm was swollen and continued to swell. The “foam” was gone and she could see several pin pricks, perhaps pincher pricks. By that evening the white “spot” had turned into a black hole, a crusty black hole. Not dried blood or a scab but dead tissue.
By Tuesday the itching had started, she had a bit of a fever, her joints ached, and the swelling extended up her arm. The doctor saw her on Wednesday, and wished he had brought his camera. He was looking at a classic brown recluse spider bite.
Needless to say, Ms.
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