Mother says she's grateful to be alive after spider bite
KSL.com • • health
Key Points:
- Britagne Miller, a mother from Goddard, Kansas, suffered a severe medical emergency after multiple spider bites at Cheney Lake led to blood clots, infection, and suspected end-stage liver failure.
- Miller, who has pre-existing blood clotting disorders and liver issues, underwent surgery to remove nearly 300 milliliters of blood clots and faced life-threatening infections, including staph and gram-negative bacteria.
- Doctors initially gave Miller only days to a month to live, but after weeks in intensive care and multiple surgeries, she was discharged to at-home care and is now preparing for a liver transplant.
- Although the exact spider species was not confirmed, the bite location suggests it was from a brown recluse spider, common in Kansas alongside the black widow, both venomous species.
- Experts recommend sealing cracks in homes and taking precautions such as wearing gloves and shaking out shoes to prevent spider bites from brown recluse and black widow spiders.
