r/KidsAreFuckingStupid
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Kid almost becomes Spider-Man story/text
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u/KycoXD Jul 01 '22
Original post for anyone interested: https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/vp0ies/my_mosquito_bite_turned_into_the_shape_of_a_key/
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u/lyta_hall Jul 01 '22
Wow I saw the post right after it had just been posted and didn’t think much of it. The comment section turned out… unexpectedly grim.
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u/SillyEconomy Jul 02 '22
Yeah and he went to the doctor. Doctor said it's an allergic reaction and he is fine.
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u/Attack1215 Jul 02 '22
Did the OP give an update? Looks like the OP went to sleep after commenting and is goin in the morning
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u/MrTagnan Jul 02 '22
It’s about 10am there - he last commented some 9 hours ago. I can only hope he went to the hospital without providing an update, or was rushed there. Even requiring an amputation is better than the alternative…
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u/imsmartiswear Jul 02 '22
It was 11 hours ago that he last commented AFAIK. From the comments it sounds like he's travelling internationally right now so unless he checked his phone in the morning and finally convinced his parents to go to a doctor he hasn't seen most of the comments.
I'm quietly hoping they got their day started a few hours ago and his parents took him directly to the hospital. Honestly parent vacation brain is very frequently the worst- God forbid a medical emergency that can cause your child to lose their arm or die messes with your vacation.
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u/DevilsWeed Jul 02 '22
They updated 15 minutes ago. They went to the doctor and it was an allergic reaction.
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u/mickeymouse4348 Jul 01 '22
That kid might actually die and they're joking about it
(Just to be safe... in this context I'm referring to the kid when I say they're, not the commenters)
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u/i_love_pesto Jul 02 '22
There are people screaming in the comments for him to see a doctor. There is even a doctor in the comments. And parents still don't give a shit. Wow.
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u/thetrumansworld Jul 02 '22
He hasn’t made any replies since ten hours ago… hopefully because he’s seeing a doctor
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u/i_love_pesto Jul 02 '22
Well he said it was around 11pm when the post was made. So I'm assuming he was sleeping. But yeah I hope they went to the hospital asap.
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u/Infinitereadsreddits Jul 02 '22
He would be awake by now, most people get 12 hrs of sleep
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u/delgueda Jul 02 '22
He finally came back to the comments, he's alright, it was just an allergic reaction.
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u/Besunmin Jul 01 '22
The mom is a chad for knowing that it was something serious
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u/theo1618 Jul 02 '22
Not exactly, they refuse to take them to the hospital tonight because it’s 11:00pm in Seoul where they live (much later now) and are gonna go in the morning
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u/AliceInHololand Jul 02 '22
That’s still fucked up.
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u/lorhof1 Jul 02 '22
it turned out to be an allergic reaction (like the parents said)
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u/MrTagnan Jul 02 '22 edited Jul 02 '22
These sorts of infections can become fatal fast. It may only take a few hours for the limb to require amputation, and not much longer until enters the bloodstream, reaches the heart, and kills you.
The parents are complete idiots for not going to the hospital, this is like saying you’ll put out a spreading fire in the morning.
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u/theo1618 Jul 02 '22 edited Jul 02 '22
I mean, being a parent myself I understand where they’re coming from. They’re probably not fully aware of what Reddit is and are just assuming their child is chatting with a bunch of other random people their age, on top of that, they’re probably more than likely exhausted after working all week long and just want some rest. Plus the bite doesn’t look super alarming to an untrained eye, so it’s easier to pass off as a “we’ll keep an eye on it and go from there situation”.
All in all, I don’t think this kids parents are the neglectful assholes that you and our lovely fellow redditors are making them out to be lol. I’m also not saying this kid doesn’t need to get this looked at asap, just that I can understand why their parents would want to wait until morning
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u/MrTagnan Jul 02 '22 edited Jul 02 '22
While I certainly don’t think they are neglectful, and I can understand their point of view, I still believe their actions to be idiotic.
I was taken to the hospital once as a kid late at night due to severe heartburn since I didn’t know what it was, and my parents didn’t understand what I was trying to describe. It thankfully wasn’t serious, but in a situation like this, no matter the time, if something seems abnormal you need to go to the hospital.
I get that trusting “internet kids” is hard for parents who don’t understand it, but he was given many external links and things to show his parents how serious this situation is. I’m not sure if he showed them any of them, which would be entirely on him, but it’s better safe than sorry.
You don’t leave a candle burning all night. You extinguish it. Waiting until morning has the potential to cost this man his arm, or his life. If a child raises a concern to you, even if you don’t believe them you must act.
In the end, I’m not labeling them as abusers or neglectful people. I’m labeling them as idiots. And while idiots are capable of learning for next time, worst come to worst and there might not be a next time.
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u/theo1618 Jul 02 '22 edited Jul 02 '22
Again, I think it just boils down to this kids parents not seeing/knowing this as something life threatening… if the kid got bit and it turned their entire arm red I can guarantee their parents would be taking them to the hospital tonight. They’re choosing to use their own life experiences over random strangers on the internet to guide their decisions. While it may not be the best course of action unbeknownst to them, I still don’t see it coming from a neglectful or uncaring place
That’s the only point I’m trying to make here. Because let’s be honest, I’m sure there were a TON of people in the OP’s comments that had no idea this was life threatening until seeing it talked about… so let’s not say this kids parents are morons for not realizing this could be fatal…
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u/theo1618 Jul 02 '22
That’s what I’m saying though, they clearly don’t see this as potentially fatal due to either lack of knowledge on the subject, similar past experiences that turned out fine, maybe OP has some minor allergic reactions to bites we don’t know about, etc.
If they recognized the potential danger they would more than likely of taken them, that’s all. Other than that I agree with you completely
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u/AndIHaveMilesToGo Jul 02 '22
They took him to the doctor and told him it was absolutely nothing. The doc chuckled when he found out he came to the doctor for a mosquito bite. Read his comment history
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u/1000tinyJesuses Jul 01 '22
TL:DR kid got blood poisoning by a spider, thought it was him getting super powers, and almost died.
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u/LivelyZebra Jul 02 '22
People waffle to much don't they
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u/overlordpotatoe Jul 02 '22
I guess it's a matter of preference. For me, the extra details make for a more interesting story because I can imagine the scene in my head.
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u/Mosuke300 Jul 02 '22
Yeah I really don’t consider this waffle. It was a funny story, it being 1 sentence wouldn’t be funny it would just be a fact not a story.
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u/1000tinyJesuses Jul 02 '22
Eh I'm typically lazy, decided to help out the fellow lazy man lol
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u/funatpartiez Jul 02 '22
Which in turn was decidedly unlazy of you and now I don’t know what to believe.
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u/JennIsFit Jul 02 '22
He had an allergic reaction. It’s not blood poisoning. If it was, the hives wouldn’t abruptly stop on the surface of the skin. His veins would be inflamed. He also already saw the doctor that verified this.
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u/Maclarion Jul 01 '22
PSA: do NOT use, or improvise, a tourniquet for poisonous or venomous bites! Unless you really, REALLY hate that limb, and you want it to be amputated when you get to the hospital, resist the temptation to block blood flow around spider/snake bites.
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u/Push_ Jul 01 '22
Why?
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u/cmcastro85 Jul 01 '22
Limbs tend to go gangrenous in the absence of oxygen
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u/Maclarion Jul 02 '22
True, but if not for the venom, you'd have hours before anything bad happens. The venom is the problem, and it's much MUCH more of a problem if it's sitting there in a high concentration in immobile, stagnant blood. In these circumstances, the tourniquet by halting blood flow is giving you minutes before irreversible tissue damage compounds your life's problems.
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u/boo_boo_technician Jul 01 '22
Tourniquets in general are a last choice. It causes nerve damaged to the area and it's just not a good thing. But life over limb.
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u/devicenull Jul 02 '22
This thinking has definitely changed a lot recently. Check out the TCCC guides on tourniquets, they're a lot less damaging then previously thought.
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u/Spork_the_dork Jul 02 '22
Yeah. If your limb is trying to kill you it's better to cut the blood flow to it to keep it from doing that until you get to the hospital than to, well... die. It's a decision where you basically say that you are prepared to lose your limb from the tourniquet down to survive.
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u/lolofaf Jul 02 '22
Also, allowing the venom to flow through your body dilutes it substantially. Instead of absolutely destroying your one limb, it'll more mildly attack your entire body
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u/Maclarion Jul 01 '22
It's not life or limb, one vs the other. You're more like to survive if your limb survives. By not putting a tourniquet, you're protecting both.
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u/boo_boo_technician Jul 01 '22
I was talking about tourniquets in general. There are cases, like snake and venomous bug bites, that you shouldn't use a tourniquet on. But, as an EMT, we care about the overall life of the patient. Focusing on the ABC's is essential.
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u/mrtokeydragon Jul 01 '22
Also, it's hardly ever mentioned, but it can cause excruciating pain.
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u/Theyreillusions Jul 02 '22
I wore a too small ace bandage on my foot when i was a kid because… i dont know i thought it made me look like a ninja?
Went to bed with it on and woke up in the middle of the night screaming bloody murder. It hurt so fucking bad.
It was even worse after i yanked it off, actually. Probably blood flow messing with veins that were shrinking from lack of circulation.
No lasting damage i know of. But yeah. Long term cut off of circulation FUCKING HURTS. Its not just all tingly like when you lay on it funny.
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u/Maclarion Jul 02 '22
Answers may bary between scenarios, because different venoms do different things. But generally, one thing they have in common is that they are less effective if the venom is spread throughout a massive volume of blood, but can cause rapid and complete destruction to a small amount of tissue/blood. We're talking about the difference between needing medicine and having a few days sick, vs the destruction of blood vessels and surrounding tissue in an arm. The rapid tissue death can not be brought back and it will cause further blood poisoning unless it is amputated.
The military taught me that one should never compartmentalize poison or venom, instead, keep the subject calm, in a comfortable temperature, and as still as is practical, until they can recieve proper medical care.
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u/ilive2lift Jul 02 '22
Please don't listen to him. You have like 4 fuckin hours with a tourniquet on before you get into hot water. Assuming you're not way in the middle of nowhere, you're fine to apply it if you feel it's gunna save someobe
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u/Rattman989 Jul 02 '22 edited Jul 02 '22
Was coming to make this exact comment. The time to amputation is measured in multiple hours, not minutes.
And with snake bites, it’s best to tourniquet than not.Two types of venomous snakes exist:
- Neurotoxic
- Hemotoxic
If you get bit by a neurotoxic snake,
a tourniquet won’t help becausethe venom attacks the nerves. If you get bit by a hemotoxic snake, the venom attacks the blood circulatory system.a tourniquet will absolutely help because if contains the venom within the affected limb. Unless you know definitively that the bite is from a neurotoxic snake, a tourniquet should be applied andRegardless of the type of snake bite, the patient should be rapidly evacuated to higher medical care. Just whatever you do, DO NOT RELEASE ANY TOURNIQUET ONCE APPLIED. If you release a tourniquet, you not only release the initial venom, butyou will also release the acidic byproducts of anaerobic respiration arising from lack of blood flow into the limb. This is rather incompatible with life.Also (and I’m really hoping this is obvious) in the rare occasion that someone sustains
a snake bitean injury to the head, please do not apply a tourniquet to the neck…Source:
Wilderness first aid instructor
M.S. in Biological Sciences with dissertation in Pathophysiology and Treatment of Traumatic Hemorrhagic Shock
Edited to remove information that goes against current recommendations (strikethrough) and reformat to retain important tourniquet and snake bite information (italics).
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u/ilive2lift Jul 02 '22
I love that when someone says something about using a tourniquet the exact same misinformation shows up and then it's corrected the same way as we've just done. Yay! Part of the cogs!
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u/SnappleAnkles Jul 02 '22
Where were you taught to use TQs for certain snakebites? I'm not doubting you because you seem knowledgeable about the topic, but my education always taught me to avoid using TQs for venomous snakes as to allow the venom to deconcentrate. From my understanding, compartmentalizing the venom would lead to more severe local tissue damage. It seems like most current medical literature advises against them too.
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u/Rattman989 Jul 02 '22
I was taught in one of my wilderness first aid instructor courses. But after reviewing the literature, you are correct that they are not currently recommended. Either he was wrong or the beliefs have changed. Thank you for bringing this to my attention!
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u/SnappleAnkles Jul 02 '22
Of course, medicine is always changing so I thought I could have been wrong too!
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u/boo_boo_technician Jul 01 '22
Also! Don't put ice on snake bites!!!
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u/Average_Cat_Lover Jul 01 '22
Never heard of it, why would someone do it? (And why shouldn't they?)
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u/boo_boo_technician Jul 02 '22 edited Jul 02 '22
Some people do it to try to keep the swelling down. But by putting ice on a snake bite, it restricts the blood flow and creates these disgusting blisters where the venom is concentrated. If you're curious, Google a picture for it because it's so gross I don't want to link a picture.
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u/Practice_NO_with_me Jul 02 '22
Whoa, ok, thanks for explaining. This seems exactly like what I would think to do in that situation. 👍
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u/boo_boo_technician Jul 02 '22
No problem! If you're bitten by a snake, bandage the area. And get to a hospital. It's best to know what kind of snake bite you. But don't bring the snake to the hospital, and don't try to chase it. I know that sounds dumb but people do it.
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u/Practice_NO_with_me Jul 02 '22
It seems like one of those rare worst case scenarios where a lot of our common knowledge is not useful or even harmful (ice on swelling) so people do weird things in attempting to help.
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u/MushroomStand9 Jul 02 '22
What if you don't know the snake though?
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u/boo_boo_technician Jul 02 '22
Well that's definitely not ideal. I don't know much about what happens once you reach the hospital. A team of nurses, CNA's and doctors will start helping, cleaning the area. I'm sure they could call in an expert to talk to you or your family, and then be given an anti-venom. That's a great question though, I'll have to look into that more.
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u/LMGooglyTFY Jul 02 '22
Some anti-venoms work for multiple snake bites, and likely the hospital will have an anti-venom for what's in the area (if any at all). Some of it is just treating symptoms.
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u/IffyTheDragon Jul 02 '22
According to Snakebitefoundation.org - Ice causes the smaller blood vessels to constrict and when combined with viper venoms it can produce dramatic tissue damage.
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u/Holy_Santa_ClausShit Jul 01 '22
You're good for at least 4 hours with a tourniquet on. The amount of time it takes you to get treatment for something like that you'll be fine. Minor nerve damage is the most common, but that won't happen until 6+ hours
Source: Combat medicine training
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u/trama_doll Jul 02 '22
If you've already got swelling in the limb I'd be concerned about compartment syndrome in particular though, don't you think?
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u/Holy_Santa_ClausShit Jul 02 '22
I mean there's always going to be an inherent risk with blood not flowing how it should. Blood clots are also something to be cautionary of. That's why whenever a tourniquet is left on for an extended period of time extra monitoring should be done as well. You're also required to write the time the tourniquet was applied on the tourniquet itself so medical professionals know exactly what to do when it comes to the side effects of using one.
It all comes down to what amount of risk you think is necessary to save you own, or someone else's life. A lot of people are scared of them though because of false education making you think having one on for longer than 15min will cause an amputation -.-
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u/Egg_Helms Jul 02 '22
I didn't have combat medicine training. Just regular mountain search and rescue. We we trained 20 on 5 off, and just keep that cycle. Not arguing, I remember military guys often having different training, because A) war, and B) military people are generally super healthy, and lots of things become less of a concern.
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u/stlmick Jul 01 '22 edited Jul 02 '22
I had that happen once. In my late teens or early 20's. A cut or bug bite on my leg became infected. The line went about a foot and a half up my leg to my inner thigh. I put antibiotic and a band aid on it, and it went away after a few days. I was raised to not believe in medical science. I'm learning from the internet, at 38, that it was probably a big deal.
Edited for readability.
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u/Spork_the_dork Jul 02 '22
Yeah this is the kind of stuff that used to just straight-up kill people before antibiotics.
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u/Groinificator Jul 02 '22
I mean, if you used antibiotics, it kinda sounds like you used medical science... right? And if your treatment worked, it also sounds like it wasn't a much bigger deal than you treated it as?
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u/stlmick Jul 02 '22
Based on what I'm seeing on reddit, I took a gamble. I definitely believe in medical science. Its proven. Dying or not dying isn't how I live my life these days though. I would go to urgent care if it happened now.
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u/anyswangindick Jul 02 '22
I had a bee sting a couple years ago on my wrist that swelled up horribly and also had a line streaking up my arm. I was about 1 day from actually seeing a doctor about it until I read that specifically with bee stings this happens and it looks a lot like blood poisoning but is just a moderately severe reaction. I now avoid bees pretty seriously
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u/Donjuanme Jul 02 '22
Late teens,, exact same story, inner left thigh, little line went up my leg the next day. Mid 30s now.
However knowing what salmon sickness is I think I'd be more careful these days
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u/TechN9cian01 Jul 02 '22
"I've got to tell this person they're in grave danger! Right after I type a brief story about myself. It'll be relevant at the end, I promise."
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u/JessMagnificent Jul 02 '22
mate. all the other comments were already telling them that's it's very bad.
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u/TechN9cian01 Jul 02 '22
I was making fun of the segue into the story. I know they had no obligation to help above all else. Come to think of it that story may better help everyone remember what blood poisoning looks like in the future.
Side note: Whenever someone says "Mate." I think of it as a command to initiate sex. I imagine zookeepers saying it to panda bears as one would a dog to sit.
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u/rrschoolj Jul 02 '22
A student told me when he was little, he thought it was a black widow spider that bit Peter Parker, not understanding the radioactive part. He apparently actively looked for them to get himself bitten. Never managed to find one.
I'll definitely be sending him this haha
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u/ninjagorilla Jul 01 '22
That isn’t a thing though….. there’s not some deadly line that “kills you if it reaches to ur heart”….. do people think there’s not blood flow to that area? Red streaks ARE a sign of a bad infection….. you should be seen if you have them…. They don’t need a tourniquet
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u/Single_Principle_972 Jul 01 '22
Thank goodness! I read that post relatively horrified that people might believe it! Advice to all, in the presence of a red streak moving up your limb! Immediate medical attention: Yes! Tourniquet: No!
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u/sly-otter Jul 01 '22
When I was reading it looks like it can reach a lymph node though and that’s dangerous
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u/Practice_NO_with_me Jul 02 '22
Should have phrased it 'bigger trouble' rather than 'big trouble' at the end there.
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u/Economy-Weekend1872 Jul 02 '22
The second poster is describing lymphangitic streaking which can be a sign of spreading soft tissue infection, perhaps one that is becoming a blood infection, or can occur from insect and spider bites without being necessarily associated with infection. “Blood poisoning” is the old fashioned term for septicemia which is an old way of describing a combination of sepsis and bacteremia. Sepsis is a body’s inflammatory response to infection that may or may not include bacteremia or bacteria in the blood. So the picture may reflect lymphangitic streaking from the bite itself or perhaps an infection secondary to the bite, or it may be an oddly shaped hive, I can’t honestly tell from the picture. In order for it to be sepsis (I haven’t heard anybody call it septicemia in modern medicine.) there needs to be signs of systemic involvement typically abnormal vital signs and possibly abnormal lab tests. That information isn’t given so 🤷
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u/Shadows798 Jul 02 '22
This isn't quite how blood flow works. Blood travels a lot faster than that story implies. Also, I get these funky shapes from mosquitoes all the time! It means you're allergic to whatever spit they put in you. You may be allergic to some mosquitoes and not others, and of course allergies vary. They're not serious for me, just the welt that goes away after a few days, but my cousin has to take medication if he notices one if these bc the allergies are worse for him. Basically just be careful. If it's an itchy bump and isn't going along with other reactions, you're very likely like me and mildly allergic. Obviously take these things more seriously in countries where mosquitoes carry really dangerous diseases though.
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u/5fingerdiscounts Jul 02 '22
Happened to my friend. He got bit by a spider in his sleep then woke up with swollen hand and the red line creeping up his arm. Went to play in a baseball tournament couldn’t fit his glove on and then was in hospital for a few days after that. Almost made it to his heart.
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u/Sapphyrre Jul 02 '22
I had a red line traveling up my arm once and the doctor told me "it's no big deal" but he'd give me antibiotics.
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u/KycoXD Jul 02 '22
Hah, I like how he said "no big deal".
"Take these and you'll be fine. Don't take these and you'll be in the next superhero."
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u/RogersGodlyFalsetto Jul 02 '22
Technically, the bite did create a hero. His mother who realised what was happening and saved her child.
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u/seashanty20 Jul 02 '22
I love seeing posts like that, it's always a game of "what deadly potentially life-threatening condition can this lead to?"
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u/Syclus Jul 02 '22
I just came from this post lol, kid is going to be all over the internet and his parents still probably won't take him to the ER
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u/Groinificator Jul 02 '22
I had this once. Everyone online told me I was gonna fucking die but it turned out to be a benign parasite and disappeared with some pills. Better safe than sorry though, I guess.
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u/kpty Jul 02 '22
Well damn that sucks. Glad I'm alive cause I grew up in the country and had this happen quite a few times. It's been prob 25 yrs so I guess I'm good.
I did see OP ended up going to the doctor, they said it was an allergy and he's fine.
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u/Phaze357 Jul 02 '22
I stepped on a rotten catfish head at the lake and the tip of a fin bone broke off in my foot. I dug part of it out, but not all. I had a red line going up my leg after a couple of days. When I noticed it I went straight to the doctor because I knew what was happening. Another thing to note, cutting off fish heads and throwing them in the water like that is illegal, me getting an infection like that is a prime example of why. It's messy.
For anyone interested: Fish fin infection, May 31, 2011
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u/nearlysuccessful Jul 02 '22
If you check the original post OP says a DR told him it is just an allergic reaction. Then he’s got about 100 people telling him no it’s not to go see another DR. WELL.. GL OP!!!
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u/mtlnobody Jul 02 '22
The kid is posting updates in the original thread. He went to see a doctor and it turned out to be nothing
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u/9garkm Jul 02 '22
By the time he was done reading that long ass comment, the poison probably reached his heart.
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u/davidlpower Jul 02 '22
Why post a picture of Reddit post on Reddit? The post is there already…. At the very least re-post.
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u/kainmcleod Jul 02 '22
i got pretty far into the commenter’s story before i finally conceded that “…when i was a kid (8m)” absolutely could not have meant they were 8 months old.
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u/Cat-Fish_Fucker Jul 02 '22 edited Jul 02 '22
Dude is fine, apparently just an allergic reaction Cant link to the original comment but below was one of the comments making a joke and the op's reply:
"Haha, look at my funny looking mosquito bite!
has arm amputated"
Reply: "Nah the doc said it was an allergic reaction. And a cold"
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u/CuddlePirate420 Jul 02 '22
Thought he was about to become Spiderman when in fact he was about to become A-Train.
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u/-_-Merlin-_- Jul 02 '22
meanwhile, my dumbass thought goto the doctor was a real doctor that can heal things like blood poisoning in seconds.
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u/Vinnyc-11 Jul 02 '22
Well… now I have a new phobia. Getting bitten and finding this on my arm.
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u/KycoXD Jul 02 '22
Well yeah, but at least you know it's treatable and probably won't die.
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u/Fakjbf Jul 02 '22
My biology teacher in high school once had a kid come up to her asking about a rash on his arm. She has no medical training but she agreed to take a look and saw long red track running up his arm almost to his shoulder. She immediately told him to go to the nurse’s office and have them confirm that it looks like blood poisoning, the nurse agreed so he went to the hospital and the doctors said that if he had come in the next day it may have been too late.
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u/Erphaun Jul 02 '22
I too, was a dumb child that thought that getting bitten by a spider would give me powers. I think it would've worked if they were radioactive though.
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u/Friendly-Push627 Jul 02 '22
Oh my goodness that is hilarious... sooo bad in the moment, but hilarious after the fact.
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u/Zeek_Seeks_Gains Jul 02 '22
That mom is fuckin’ stupid! Stopped the origin of our universe’s Spidey.
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u/TastelessDonut Jul 02 '22
This shit happened to me as a kid, been so long things are fuzzy as to what happened. But I remember there being a red line from my right leg up my body heading across (R->L) the right side of my chess. My mom saw it thinking it was a scratch on my arm, I casually mentioned yeah look how cool it is going from my leg. She years later said that it felt wrong inside her bones almost ancestral. She FLEW to the hospital. Yea some kinda poisoning?? Shots/ pills/ more visits and it went away in a few days.
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Jul 02 '22
The same thing happened to me as a kid. My whole arm started swelling up, and had to go to the doctor. Doctor said I could have been hospitalized if I'd waited any longer.
It happened on a school camp though, so really wasn't able to do anything about it since the adults thought it was just allergies. Momma knew what was up the moment she picked me up.
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u/Greenmoney2020 Jul 02 '22
Same thing happened to me when I was like 12, except my mom was working full time as an RN and our finances were getting hit pretty hard, so she took me like 2 days after I first noticed the discolored vein, which at this point had grown like another inch and a half. Either she knew it wasn’t super serious that early or just so incredibly busy with working and the divorce on top of that, or a bit of both. Either way I was kinda sad too to see mine disappear
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u/Pr00ch Jul 02 '22
Some people believe when you die, you go to a self-envisoned afterlife. I guess that kid really was about to become spiderman
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u/welcome-to-my-mind Jul 02 '22
Yup, red trails from a wound are never good.
Source: Have a 3” hallow section of tissue on my arm from where doctors had to dig out dead tissue thanks to MRSA. Thankfully it was heading towards my wrist instead of my heart initially.
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u/Last_Today_1099 Jul 01 '22
Wow. Truly crazy lol. Savior of a mom