During a lakeside campfire with her family, a mother from Kansas was bitten by several spiders, leaving her fighting for her life. She now need a liver transplant following months of medical care.
Mother of four Britagne Miller claims that on May 28, when she and her family were enjoying a campfire at Cheney Lake, spiders began to crawl all over her, biting her all over.
“I’m afraid of spiders, and I felt like fifteen of them climbed up my legs and into my shirt,” Miller remarked. “My leg was bitten by spiders on both sides.”
Miller claims that she visited the hospital four days later due to a painful bruise on her calf that was close to one of the bites.
“This one continued to swell,” she remarked. “It felt like it was being stabbed, and it was like shooting down my leg into my foot.”
She was shortly informed that she need surgery.
Miller stated, “I’m afraid of surgery, that I’ll go to sleep and not wake up, or that I’ll bleed out.”
Miller was diagnosed with two blood clotting problems in 2014 while she was expecting her daughter. She acquired food and drug sensitivities as well as a weakened liver over time. She claims that after receiving these diagnoses, the thought of surgery was unsettling and not part of her plan.
Nevertheless, Miller proceeded with the treatment, in which medical professionals sutured her wound, removed blood clots, and installed a drain.
Her wound developed a blood and staph infection after five days of recuperation. Additionally, medical professionals thought she had only a few days to a month to live due to end-stage liver failure.
Miller remarked, “They couldn’t keep my levels above even critical.” “It was frightening that they told me I had three days to a month to live.”
Although she still has a long way to go before being eligible for a liver transplant, Miller claims she overcame the odds and survived several surgeries and illnesses for a month. She’s just trying to have fun with her family right now.
“I was like, ‘I give up,’ after two or three weeks,” she recalled. “I’m tired of being torn apart. I’m tired of being nudged and prodded. I’m done being wounded. I then considered each of them.
Although the type of spider that bit Miller is unknown, doctors think it was a brown recluse, one of the two poisonous spiders that can be found in Kansas.
To assist the family with hospital and continuing medical costs, home health care, and daily needs, a GoFundMe page has been established.
While visiting Cheney Reservoir, some 35 miles west of Wichita, a mother of four was bitten by an unknown number of spiders and is now fighting for her life in the ICU.
On May 28, Britagne Miller, who has a history of blood-clotting issues, was sitting by a campfire with her family when the arachnids crept all over her, biting her multiple times.
She initially appeared well, but four days later, a terrible bruise appeared on her calf close to one of the bites, forcing her to visit the hospital.
Miller remarked, “This one kept swelling, and it was like, you know, a fire stir that’s metal.” “It felt like it was being stabbed, and it was like shooting down my leg into my foot.”
Miller reported that during her pregnancy with her daughter, she was diagnosed with two blood-clotting diseases, experienced food and medicine sensitivities, and had a weakened liver.
Miller told KCRA, “I’m afraid of surgery, that I’m going to go to sleep and not wake up, or that I’m going to bleed out.” They said, “We need you to sign this paper,” when they arrived at nine in the morning. We will be undergoing surgery.
Miller’s incision developed a significant staph infection and a gram-negative S-type infection five days after the doctors removed about two ounces of blood clots and put in a drain to aid in the healing process.
Additionally, her doctors stated that they thought she had only a few days to a month to live due to end-stage liver failure.
After several surgeries and infections, she ultimately left the hospital on July 11 after refusing hospice care and spending more than a month in critical care.
She was at her breaking point due to the event, and the only thing keeping her going was her family.
Miller remarked, “I was like, I give up.” “I’m tired of being torn apart. I’m tired of being nudged and prodded. I’m done being wounded. After that, I considered each of them.
She is currently on the liver transplant waiting list.
Although she didn’t know what sort of spider bit her, Kansas State University horticulture entomologist Dr. Raymond Cloyd said the only two dangerous spiders in the state are the black widow and the brown recluse, which are ubiquitous throughout the Midwest.
Miller’s husband lost his job since he couldn’t work normal hours while caring for her and their children, and the family has set up a GoFundMe account for her hospital fees and their day-to-day expenses.