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Mother says she's grateful to be alive after spider bite - KSL.com

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WICHITA, Kansas — A Goddard mother is fighting for her life after a spider bite at Cheney Lake turned into a life-changing medical emergency.On May 28, Britagne Miller said she and her family were at the lake enjoying a campfire when multiple spiders crawled all over her, leaving bites all over her body. After four days, Miller said a painful bruise appeared near a bite on her calf that led her to the hospital."This one kept swelling and swelling, and it was like, you know, a fire stir that's metal," Miller said. "It was like shooting down my leg into my foot, and it felt like it was being stabbed."Prior to the spider bite, Miller said when she was pregnant with her daughter, she was diagnosed with two blood clotting disorders. Over the years, she developed a compromised liver and allergies to food and medications. With these diagnoses, Miller said the idea of surgery was scary and was not a part of her plan."I'm terrified of surgery, that I'm going to go to sleep and not wake up, or that I'm going to bleed out," Miller said. "They came at 9 o'clock in the morning, and they're like, we need you to sign this paper. We're going into surgery."During this surgery, Miller said doctors removed almost 300 milliliters of blood clots and put in a drain to heal the wound. After five days in recovery, Miller said her wound became infected with a staph and gram-negative S-type infection. Further adding, the doctors believed she was in end-stage liver failure, with only days to a month left to live."They couldn't keep my levels above even critical," Miller said. "They gave me three days up to a month to live, so that was scary. "Miller said she only remembers glimpses while in the medical and cardio intensive care unit, after denying hospice. After weeks of recovery, on July 11, Miller said she was able to leave the hospital and enroll in at-home care, with only family on her mind."I was like, I give up," Miller said. "I'm done being cut open. I'm done being poked and prodded. I'm done hurting. Then I thought about all of them."Miller said she beat the odds, surviving multiple surgeries and infections for a month, with a long journey ahead to qualify for a liver transplant."The plan is to get a liver transplant once they can get my hemoglobin levels up," Miller said.While in the hospital, Miller said there was no definitive way to confirm what spider bit her, but the area on her l
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