Cluster of highly-venomous spiders attack Atlanta mother, 44, and savage her face after making terrible mistake while cleaning shed
An Atlanta mom was horribly injured after she was attacked by a cluster of highly-venomous spiders in her backyard.
Jessica Rogue, 44, is still recovering after being bitten in the face by brown recluse spiders as she was cleaning out a shed in her home on July 1.
Rogue told AtlantaNewsFirst that she had been trying to clean up a messy web when she felt the spiders on her body.
Less than a day after being bitten, she was rushed to the hospital with her face, arms and throat completely swollen.
Jessica Rogue, 44, is still recovering after being bitten in the face by brown recluse spiders as she was cleaning out a shed in her home on July 1
Rogue, a mother of three, is still left with scars, rashes and a patch on her eye from the venomous bites and spent several days in the hospital.
'My eye is what I’m really worried about. My eye is, I’m having a lot of pain. I just don’t know what’s going to happen with my eye,' she told the local news outlet.
A GoFundMe to help Rogue with medical costs has collected $2,360.
Organizer Morgan Underwood wrote: 'She will also need to get pest control out there to take care of the spider infestation.
The swelling on Rogue's lip is from a 'lymphoma/tumor that is non-cancerous, and a broken piece of her tooth embedded in her upper lip'
Rogue told KPTV that she had been trying to clean up a messy web when she felt the spiders on her body
'The swelling on her face has gone down a great deal. It's now covered in 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.
'Her right eye is giving her some trouble, so she may need to go to a specialist to have that looked at soon.'
Underwood also clarified that the swelling on Rogue's lip is from a 'lymphoma/tumor that is non-cancerous, and a broken piece of her tooth embedded in her upper lip.'
The venom from the spiders' bites kills tissue, causing large lesions that often require medical treatment
'This is from an accident she was in years ago, from getting hit by a truck on her bicycle.'
Underwood said Rogue's insurance does not cover the removal of the lymphoma because it considers it a cosmetic procedure.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says brown recluse spiders typically stay hidden in sheltered areas.
The venom from their bites kills tissue, causing large lesions that often require medical treatment.
