Skin Felt ‘On Fire’ After Encounter with Venomous Spiders
A single mother of three from Atlanta has suffered horrific injuries after being attacked by a cluster of highly venomous spiders in her home. Jessica Rogue, 44, experienced severe swelling and intense pain after encountering several brown recluse spiders on July 1 while cleaning out a shed in her Atlanta home.
Sudden attack
“I was just in there sweeping, and I immediately felt something on my face next to my eye. I felt I got bit,” Rogue told AtlantaNewsFirst. “There were spiders on me. Where I was, it was a really messy web, and I was trying to clean that up.”
Rapidly deteriorating condition
Within 24 hours, Rogue was rushed to the hospital as her face, arms, and throat swelled up, and she was covered in rashes. A bite from a brown recluse spider can be deadly. “My eye is what I’m really worried about. I’m having a lot of pain. I just don’t know what’s going to happen with my eye,” she said while wearing an eyepatch.
A GoFundMe campaign to help Rogue with medical costs has raised $2,360 so far. Fundraiser organizer Morgan Underwood detailed Rogue’s condition: “She has numbness and loss of mobility in her hand and foot (still unsure if it’s temporary or permanent yet) and her skin is on fire. She’s unable to work, has three beautiful daughters, and is still at the hospital.”
Updates on her condition
In a July 5 update, Underwood reported that Rogue was recovering, with the swelling on her face significantly reduced, but she was now suffering from an itchy, painful rash. “Her arms, neck, and chest are also covered in an itchy, painful rash, and the areas where she was bitten are blistered up, so we’re keeping an eye on that,” the update read.