This morning I was sitting in bed feeding Cinderella. When we had finished, I let her have a snooze on my bed while I sat and watched some TV.
The older 2 kids were walking out the door to the bus. I had my hand on my leg and I moved my hand and felt something prick me. I thought it must have been a splinter or prickle caught in my pants, so I ran my hand over and suddenly realised I had crushed something. An insect something. Actually, a spider something *shudder*
I freaked out and instinctively threw it across the room. Unfortunately I threw it in between Cinderella's cradle and change table.
My hand really hurt. It felt like I had been pricked with a large, hot needle. I got scared, especially when I looked and realised it was a white tailed spider. I remember hearing some horror stories of their venom being flesh eating and I got really upset. My hand and wrist were starting to swell. Mini Him ran out and (God bless him) tried to find our cold pack but couldn't so he grabbed a sandwich bag that had refrigerated play dough in it - it was cold so I graciously accepted it.
I got worried and called Teen Queen who told Metal Man and they both decided to come home to check on me. I also called Prince Charming and he told me to relax and remember our first aid training.
Teen Queen and Metal Man arrived and helped me relax. Metal Man decided to stay home to keep an eye on me and help me with the kids and Teen Queen caught the later bus to school.
By the afternoon the swelling had gone down and I felt fine. I am still shocked that I was bitten and I am really thankful that it was a small, barely venomous spider.
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