Kristine Donovan noticed on the back of her daughter’s right knee a purplish-blue mark and was concerned. She thought of a bruise but it started to become nastier and bigger.
After that, her little daughter had a fever a few days later and she was rushed to the emergency room.
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The parents of Kailyn waited a couple of weeks for their daughter to heal. It was a bite from the venomous and deadly black widow.
It was the last thing we would think, said the parents. They thought it was just a bug bite. Doctors prescribed antibiotics and sent her home. She got intravenous antibiotics too and things were getting better.
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Weeks later the bite started to get really nasty, and she was rushed to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. Later they diagnosed her with a black widow spider bite.
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They think the spider had come after they cleaned the yard and when the children went to play, their daughter might have been bitten.
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