Don't sweat it Chris! Running out for medical attention is one thing. Running out for a double quarter pounder with cheese would be another... Stay safe y'all! 😁

My son got bit by a brown recluse on his Achilles tendon. He ignored it for awhile, but when he finally went to the dr - they had to debride the area. He also had to take antibiotics for about 6 weeks. That was a few years ago and he now has a dip in his heel where they had to clean out the necrotized flesh. Not something you want to mess with or ignore.

I love how, in the beginning, Akela runs past the camera with a piece of wood in her mouth like; I'm helping! I'm helping!

I got bit by a brown recluse on my back in the right shoulder area. My entire right back, arm and chest swelled. It hurt like the dickens too. I ran a slight fever, but the swelling and pain at the bite location were the worst. I went to the doctor right away (the next morning) and they gave me steroids and antibiotics and it eventually got well. It took a good while for the swelling to go down and especially in the area or the bite. The bite itself look almost like an ulcer about a dime in size. I was lucky I did not get any necrosis, or have any skin lose. One thing I do want to tell you because this is well documented, but only by observation and the doctors will not mention it. Brown recluse bites can swell again months and even years after the original bite. Mine swelled at least 4 or 5 times over a 2 year period before it totally went away. Each time it was not as bad as the previous time, and then it would heal and be gone for weeks or months. I went to doctor when it came back the first time which was about 4 months after the first bite, and the doctor just pooh poohed it and said it had to be a new bite. In the exact same place, no. Then it swelled again about 6 months after the second recurrence and I started doing research. This recurrence is well documented. So just be aware that that could happen. It doesn’t happen in all cases and the epsom soaks may help it because they believe it occurs because the poison from the bite takes a long time to disappear in your body. Take very good care and watch the bite location close. If the skin starts looking necrotic or turning ugly colors, get back to the doctor. A brown recluse bite is nothing to mess with.

I was bit by a Brown Recluse as a child.. I was having pain in my chest and when breathing.. Mom took me to ER and the Doctor found the bite.. We didn’t even know I had been bitten!! Love your videos.!!!

Hello to all Four of you,

I got bit by a relative of the brown recluse on my foot. Like Chris didn’t think it was all that bad, but after three days, I couldn’t walk and was in screaming pain. It took over a week before I can walk again. Be careful.

Your experience in nature is a lesson in how fragile life really is. It is no wonder that back in the pioneer days, people would die of something like a spider bite or infection. Be careful out there and praying for Chris' healing.

I’ve been bitten by a brown recluse before; I cut it open after it bubbled up and soaked it in hot salt water several times a day and used salt soaked bandages.. 10 days of Antibiotics were eventually required , but the wound itself took forever to heal.

Chris unknowingly probably brought back the germ you got from the ER..

just goes to show how hard it is to do this, amazing anyone made it to the modern day haha.

There’s an old saying, wood warms you three times, once when you fell it, once when you chop it and once when you burn it 👍🏻🇬🇧

I am watching from the beginning. I was hospitalized for 4 days from a Brown Recluse bite that gave me a MRSA infection. Glad he was ok

If the spider was inside your vehicle, there may be more. I’ve always heard for every one you see there’s a lot more you don’t see, even though you didn’t actually see the one that bit Chris just the damage it left behind. So be very careful with yourselves and the dogs. Good luck, be safe, and I will pray that you all stay well. The snow covering everything is perfectly serene and beautiful. ❤️🙏❄️☃️

When you picked up the axe, that was exactly who I thought of.

Brown Recluse are so so dangerous bites. I’m so glad you went to the Doc…my bartender partner was put in the hospital. Luckily,he didn’t lose his leg. They (spider) like wood and cardboard and dark. It’s good you posted this.

Yeah I was bitten by a brown recluse while gardening. It got me on the back of the knee and felt like I was shot. When I finally went to the Dr., they said I had also developed cellulitis and it was dangerous with red streaks, but caught in time, and gave me antibiotics.

Of course the element got out! It's an element. Best car ever!

The salt draws out the infection, keep it up.

Snow is a calm need and quiet too