The little girl required surgery on the bite and was in and out of hospital.
A mum has warned parents to get all bug bites checked out, after a suspected spider bite left her child needing emergency surgery for a ‘tangerine-sized abscess’.
Soon the bite had turned into a bulbous blister that would not pop and Emily-Jane was forced to undergo surgery to drain it – leaving her with an open wound for four months.Thankfully, a year on Emily-Jane is in good health, but she has been left so scared of bugs that she cries if she spots a spider.
Ashley said: ‘When it first started off it was like a pin prick and a red mark. I got her in the bath then I noticed. It was under her arm.‘It was red and you could see a little bite wound.‘I took her home but we went back up again to the doctors as it was getting bigger. The little girl was referred for surgery at Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, where she was put under general anaesthetic for the 90-minute procedure.Doctors weren’t sure what insect caused the bite, but suspected it may have been a spider.Mum-of-three Ashley took her daughter to hospital ‘more than 25 times’ until November, when antibiotics began to kick in and her open wound began to heal.
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