Yes. 40 km at 3:30 in the morning to go and sit for 2 hours in the waiting room at casualty at the local hospital. I got bitten, probably by a small spider that got cought in my clothes, late yesterday afternoon. We could not find anything but it got me in 2 places under my arm and 2 on the upper arm. Felt like a jellyfish sting and other than the reddened points seemed to be ok after a short while. Woke up in the night with sor and very itchy swelling and two spreading red patches. I decided that it may be best to go to casualty as it is a public holiday today and obviously no doctors available.

If it wasn't that I was tired and quite sore it would have been a lovely drive under a full moon and no traffic on the road.

It was confirmed that it was probably a spider bite and I was given an injection ion of cortisone and another of an antihistamine . I was finally discharged at 7:00. I then had to wit till the duty pharmacy opened at 8:30 to get a cream.

Still feels awful and I am off to bed to catch up on at lest an hour of sleep, if I can.

A bit ironic really. I lived more than 50 years in Australia and this is the first spide bite I have had.

Peter

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