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| Spider bite girl 'afraid to return home' | Spider bite girl 'afraid to return home' |
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| An eight-year-old girl says she is afraid to return home after being bitten by a spider and needing an operation to remove infected skin. | An eight-year-old girl says she is afraid to return home after being bitten by a spider and needing an operation to remove infected skin. |
| Abbie Kinnaird was taken to hospital a few days after being bitten at her home in Colchester, Essex. | Abbie Kinnaird was taken to hospital a few days after being bitten at her home in Colchester, Essex. |
| Her mother Hayley said "loads" of spiders - including venomous false widows - were found at their flat, including in her daughter's bed. | Her mother Hayley said "loads" of spiders - including venomous false widows - were found at their flat, including in her daughter's bed. |
| "If I say we've got to back there, she'll freak out," Ms Kinnaird said. | "If I say we've got to back there, she'll freak out," Ms Kinnaird said. |
| "She doesn't want to go there at all." | "She doesn't want to go there at all." |
| Read more on this story and other Essex news | Read more on this story and other Essex news |
| Abbie was bitten just before Halloween when leaving the bathroom and hadn't realised what had happened until the mark came up after, her mum said. | Abbie was bitten just before Halloween when leaving the bathroom and hadn't realised what had happened until the mark came up after, her mum said. |
| Staff at the walk-in centre where Ms Kinnaird took her daughter gave her antibiotics, but the wound worsened over the next few days and "started going black". | Staff at the walk-in centre where Ms Kinnaird took her daughter gave her antibiotics, but the wound worsened over the next few days and "started going black". |
| Abbie was taken to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford where she underwent surgery. | Abbie was taken to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford where she underwent surgery. |
| After researching the pictures online, Ms Kinnaird thought a brown recluse spider might have got its fangs into Abbie. | |
| She subsequently searched their home and found more spiders. Pest controllers who were brought in later found venomous false widows. | |
| "More had accumulated when we hadn't been there," she said. | "More had accumulated when we hadn't been there," she said. |
| "Abbie's fine as long as we don't go back to the flat or I talk to her about the flat too much." | "Abbie's fine as long as we don't go back to the flat or I talk to her about the flat too much." |
| The family has been staying with relatives while they search for a new home. | The family has been staying with relatives while they search for a new home. |
| 'Britain's most venomous spider' |