2 YEARS BOY PARALYSED AFTER BEING BITTEN BY A SPIDER

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'Terrifying': Evan Waters lies in a hospital bed after being bitten by the spider

A two-year-old boy was temporarily paralysed after he was bitten by a spider hiding in a bunch of bananas, his parents claim.
Evan Waters was thought to have been nipped on the fingers by the creature as he was eating the fruit at his home in Bishop Auckland, County Durham.
He was rushed to hospital, screaming in agony, by his horrified mother after his right hand swelled 'like a balloon' and became paralysed.
The toddler spent two days in hospital, where doctors gave him antibiotics for the spider bite, before finally being allowed home.
Aldi has since apologised for the incident and offered Evan and his family four free hampers and £400 in cash.
It remains unclear what type of spider bit the youngster, but his family believe it may have been a Tarantula, a Black Widow or a Huntsman spider.

 

The creature is thought to have crept into a box of the budget supermarket chain's 'worldwide' range of bananas while it was awaiting shipment to the UK from a warehouse.
It scurried away after allegedly biting Evan, leading his relatives to believe it may still be hiding in the house.
Today, the youngster's mother, Kellie Knight - who bought the bunch of bananas two weeks ago - described the 'terrifying moment' she realised her son had been bitten by a spider.
The mother of four, 29, said: "It was horrifying to think my boy was hospitalised because of a spider hiding in the bananas. It was absolutely terrifying.

"The spider had already scurried away when we heard Evan screaming. But his hand blew like a balloon and he was crying for dear life.
"We had just had no idea what was going until we got to the hospital and doctors said it was a spider bite.
"We didn't know whether it was a Tarantula, a Black Widow or a Huntsman spider. We were determined not fear the worst but Evan looked so poorly and I wished it was me who was bitten.