Spider bite leads to leukemia diagnosis for man that was given only days to live

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – A spider bite may be nothing to blink at, but for one North Carolina man, it led to a much more serious diagnosis that gave him only days to live. Now, he says he’s thankful for the string of events that have brought him to remission.

Bobby Sipka, 62, of Moyock, said it started with a Brown Recluse spider bite on his elbow earlier this year.

“I was on a tractor cutting a field in the back of our property. That’s where, I’m assuming, I got bit,” Sipka said…

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