Dad-of-two, 24, left coughing up blood and a dislocated elbow after being bitten by a spider as he slept in bed
Jordan Rassas, from Blackpool, was asleep in his bed when he was bitten by the false widow spider - the UK's most venomous arachnid.
A YOUNG father was left vomiting blood and so incapacitated that he couldn't tell doctors he had been bitten by a spider.
Jordan Rassas, 24, also feared his arm would be amputated to stop the infection spreading to his heart, lungs, and other vital organs.
The father-of-two suffered an allergic reaction after being bitten by a false widow spider - Britain's most venomous arachnid.
He was bitten while asleep in bed and remembers being woken up by the bite before flicking the spider away, reported the .
The energy consultant from Blackpool thought nothing of it but noticed that it gradually began to swell throughout the day.
He decided against going to A&E but when he went to pick up a friend from a party he had to pull over as he was vomiting blood.
The friend insisted they go to hospital but by the time they got there he was so ill he couldn't tell doctors what happened to him.
He said: "Within seconds I was on a bed with syringes and needles in my arteries. They cut my T-shirt off and had a defib team ready."
Jordan, who has a two-year-old daughter and six-year-old son, spent nine days being treated in hospital.
The infection became so bad that he feared he would lose his arm if doctors decided that was the only way to stop it spreading to his vital organs.
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He said: "They drew a dotted line above the elbow and said if the infection passed that they’d be worried.
"The line kept getting further and further up my arm – then around my shoulder. I thought I was going to die."
Fortunately the antibiotics kicked in before the surgical measures were taken and Jordan recovered.
However, in order to treat the infection they had to cut into his arm and dislocate his elbow.
He added: "The NHS was amazing. They were honest they’d never dealt with anything like that before and were ringing experts as far away as Australia."
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