- A Chandler man is at the center of a mystery, as something bit him, while he was taking out the trash. 
 
 The bite reportedly gave Thomas Jay the "most excruciating pain" he has ever felt, and described the bug as a cross between a scorpion and a spider. 
 
 Besides the bug's appearance and the pain brought on by the bite, the bite also did major damage to Jay's arm, in a rapid manner. Jay was transferred from one hospital to another, and eventually arrived at a hospital that has a toxicology department. 
 
 The family was alarmed and worried, and doctors were stumped, as several worked the case in a manner rather similar to the former FOX television show "House", where they were trying to figure out what was damaging the arm. 
 
 Doctors couldn't give Jay an anti-venom, as there are thousands of possible scenarios on what caused the bite. Jay is now back with his family. Meanwhile, Jay;s wife, Deanna, said the family has learned they have an incredible community in Chandler to learn on for support, with people weighing in, as soon as she started posting pictures. 
 
 The family has started a GoFundMe account, in order to defray some of the medical costs. 
 
 GoFundMe for Jay Family 
 
 https://www.gofundme.com/Man-vs-Spider 
 
 

 A Chandler man is recovering from a serious insect bite that caused some astonishingly massive bruising, but the problem is nobody knows what bit him. 
 
 Thomas Jay said he was taking out the trash when it happened – some kind of bug he had never seen before either bit or stung him. 
 
 “As I glanced at it really quick, all of a sudden I just felt this excruciating pinch, this pressure, this bite or a sting that happened and occurred. And [I] immediately went and swatted the bug off,” he said. 
 
 It has turned him into something of a medical mystery. 
 
 “It started with one little round circle and became an emergency in a matter of hours!" Dee Petrov, Jay’s wife, wrote on a GoFundMe page she set up to help cover the medical bills “associated with the many specialists, toxicologists, and handful's [sic] of others that were called into the hospital to review and study my husband Thomas.” 
 
 The good news is Jay is doing better. 
 
 The family says they got a lot of great advice and help from their Living Chandler Facebook group and they are incredibly grateful to everyone who has reached out offering their support and prayers. 
 
 "If we didn't have that, I don't know what would have happened today, not to scare people but that made the difference for us to get through it and be strong and try and see if we can figure this out," Petrov said. 
 
 They said despite the challenges doctor's faced Jay received incredible care. He's now signed off on being part of a case study. 
 
 "Even though they may might not be able to figure out what it was, they might be able to help other individuals as they learn from this situation," he said. 
 
 As of Tuesday, they were still awaiting the results of a biopsy so this is very much still an on-going process. 
 
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– It was just another night taking the trash to the curb in Chandler, Arizona, until Thomas Jay suddenly felt a pinch followed by the "most excruciating pain" of his life. He swatted off what looked like "a cross between a scorpion and a spider," per Fox 10, and in just a few hours a tiny circle transformed into bruises covering his entire arm. Jay was transferred between multiple hospitals until he reached one with a toxicology department as doctors scrambled to diagnose the problem. For now, a few weeks after the bite or sting, he is stable as they await biopsy results, reports azfamily.com. Jay and his wife, Dee Petrov, say the care has been excellent, and that they've received a lot of support through their community and now on GoFundMe. (Commenters there are offering theories about the mystery bug.) They've also decided to enroll Jay in a case study, and to devote any funds raised above their $10,000 target toward research and education. "Even though they may not be able to figure out what it was, they might be able to help other individuals as they learn from this situation," he says. (A spider temporarily paralyzed one woman's arm after biting her.)