Keith Pierce had an excellent 10th birthday in 2014, received many gifts, and laughed a lot, he was a 10-year-old athlete and an energetic little boy.
But a month after his birthday, his leg started to swell, his parents took him to the doctor, but Keith’s condition got worse and worse. His parents took him to the emergency room just a week later and here the doctor noticed the strange black mark on the child’s leg.
Mandy, the boy’s mother, thought it was just an insect bite and didn’t pay much attention to it, doctors thought it indicated cancer and didn’t listen to her mother when she told them it must be an insect. Keith was treated with antibiotics, but two days later the doctors operated on him and he did not wake up, he died 24 hours after the surgery. The cause of death is sepsis which was caused by the bite of a spider.
Doctors warn us that if we are bitten by spiders, especially if we work with wood or spend a lot of time near it, we should wash with warm water and soap. Then apply a compress with cold water. If you feel unwell in any way, go to the doctor immediately!