Black widow spider bite sends Colorado man to ICU

DENVER (KDVR) — Ask Wendy Brewer-Thomas about her husband Ronnie Thomas, and she will tell you he’s a reliable man, husband and father.

“He is the sole provider of this whole house,” Brewer-Thomas said.

Thomas only misses work when he needs to take care of her, she said. And she had a planned medical procedure coming up.

“We were mentally preparing for that,” said Brewer-Thomas. “So I thought maybe he was . . .