Kansas Mom Needs Liver Transplant After Multiple Spider Bites at Cheney Lake

3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 14

Britagne Miller is still waiting to become eligible for a liver transplant nearly three months after multiple spider bites at Cheney Lake triggered a medical crisis.
A painful bruise near one bite swelled into a large hematoma, forcing calf surgery that was especially dangerous because she already had liver failure and blood-clotting disorders.
Wesley Hospital in Wichita treated the hematoma in early June, but Miller then developed two infections, including staph, and doctors warned she might have only days to a month to live.
Early July brought a return home to her husband and four children, ages 9 to 15, though doctors still must stabilize her clotting and lab results before she can join the transplant waiting list.
A GoFundMe for medical and living costs has nearly reached its $60,000 goal as the family says recovery and transplant readiness could still take months.