I was rushed to hospital after being bitten by a spider - they found something far worse READ MORE: Father in Missouri hospitalized after being bitten by spider By Luke Andrews Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 17:28, 25 September 2024 | Updated: 17:39, 25 September 2024 e-mail 1 View comments A mother-of-three has credited a spider bite with saving her life — after it led to a shock diagnosis. Sabrena Jones was bitten by a spider and, after it kept 'hurting and hurting' for days, finally decided to go to the ER.
What followed was a scan and then the revelation that she had stage three kidney cancer — and a tumor the size of a basketball on her right kidney. The Oklahoma native and former Navy reservist was rushed through for surgery and is now waiting to hear whether she will also need further treatment , like radiation therapy. The above image from her CT scan reveals the cancer as the large lump below the liver (the big area above it).
The tumor was the size of a basketball Sabrena Jones, from Oklahoma, was hospitalized for what she thought was a spider bite. But doctors then diagnosed her with stage three kidney cancer Your browser does not support iframes. Ms Jones told Newson6 : 'I was expecting to either find out if it was or was not a Brown recluse spider bite and go home.
'I had no symptoms at all, none. I was quite shocked [with the diagnosis]. 'But I am a believer in God, so I wasn't really worried about it because either way I would be in a g.