Bad things happen in 3's

May definitely hasn't been a good month for me... my bad luck just keeps on going. After the bridge incident and the fire ants, you would think I had had enough... but apparently, that is not the case. Friday night, while hanging out with the neighbors, I got the bright idea to fix our landscaping lights. I went down the line, fixing one after the other, and when I got to the last one, I had trouble getting it back into the ground. I kept messing with it and finally got it fixed when I felt, what seemed like, a thousand needles in my hand. I quickly pulled my arm away and brushed it off but it was too late. The rest of the night my hand got bigger and bigger and by Saturday morning, I could not move my fingers. My hand was so swollen, I couldn't even open a water bottle. I was scheduled to work, so I headed in and made an appointment with an emergency clinic first thing. I told my manager I would be right back (thinking I would just need a shot and everything would be back to normal), but unfortunately, that didn't happen.

As soon as the doctor walked in to see me, he looked very worried. He said "you know this is just a clinic, right"?! So I said yes and just assumed I would need a shot or something. Little did I know, the allergic reaction had spread to my lymphatic system and was moving up my arm. The doctor told me I would need multiple shots in my hip, antibiotics for morning and evening and pain pills, just to knock it out. He also drew on my hand and arm and told me if the swelling went past those markings, that I would need to go to the Emergency Room. At that point, I was a little worried myself. The rest of the day I spent in bed with my hand elevated and covered in benedryl. Josh even went to get me my favorite comfort food!!

Sunday morning, I was eager to wake up and see how my hand was looking. The swelling had gone down, but when I looked at my wrist, the red had spread past the lines on my arm that the doctor had drawn. I immediately made another appointment and went in for more shots. Thankfully, the doctor said that things were still ok and my hand should be much better after the second round of meds. Sure enough, this morning when I woke up, it looked (almost) back to normal. And in case you were wondering... the insects that got me, were a bunch of black ants. Apparently I am now allergic to them!! Who would have thought??!!