SpiderBite: Trapped between Western Medicine and Native American cures, a mother battles the system to save her child., (Paperback)

SPIDERBITE is a harrowing autobiographical account of a mother's gripping and emotionally charged plight to save the life of her seven-year-old daughter after being bitten by a Brown Recluse Spider. Doctors are neither able to diagnose nor effectively treat Rachel as the venom leaves her fighting for her life in a coma. Diane, in her desperation, discovers a modern-day Medicine Man, Peter Bigfoot, who lives off-grid in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona. He makes herbal cures and miraculously has the centuries-old antidote for that particular spider bite. He manages to send it to Diane, but doctors have other plans.Share Diane's journey of awakening from an anguished mother's push against the limitations of Western medicine to the power and magic of ancient alternative treatments, the power of compassion and the kindness of the human spirit, as well as the resilience of the human body and mind. Never give up!See Instagram images of Reevis Farm School: reevismountainCover design: "Layers of Memories" by Diane Pfister