I am now the proud owner of a …
Epi Pen.
I can’t believe the weekend I had.
The awesomeness started on Friday when my computer died (again). I also got head-butted by a runaway goat Friday night. (There’s a great bruise growing on my leg right now).
Saturday The Hubby and I were going to tackle the mulch pile. It’s been in the driveway for what seems forever. So he started mowing, and I started weed pulling under the deck. As I was sitting there, my left hand ran across something that pricked me. I thought it might be some berry bush growing, but it turned out to be a bee. He bounced off my wrist and glanced across my chin. I ran out from under the deck and into the house, getting some ice cold water running on my wrist and holding a baggie of ice cubes to my chin.
I decided to get something liquid into my system as I hadn’t eaten or had anything to drink for a few hours. I sat outside on the step, watching The Hubby mow and trying to take it easy. I started to feel hot and generally just “not right”. I went into the house, took off my shoes and socks (my feet were really hot all of the sudden) and laid down on the couch. I started to feel itchy and it seemed like my eyelids were puffy. I called The Hubby in and told him what happened.
He looked for some Benadryl, but couldn’t find any. I was feeling worse and worse, so he decided to drive me to the pharmacy, pick up some Benadryl, and go to the walk in center. He gets the liquid medicine, and the pharmacist told him to double the dose as it was children’s benadryl. So I took a double dose. Then I took a look at my arms – they were all red and white splotched – hives were breaking out every where.
We speed up the highway (just one exit away, thank goodness!) to the walk in clinic. He parked on the side of the building, got me into the office and said – my wife is having an allergic reaction to a bee sting – can you see her right now? Luckily for me, they were pretty slow and they rushed me right in. We explained what happened, how long ago, what medicine I took, etc. and the doctor told us that since I took the liquid stuff, she wasn’t going to give me the shot. The shot would have worked in 10 minutes; the liquid was going to take an hour. Then she looked at the dosing and figured out I took too much. The dose is 2 teaspoons, but the line on the cup is at 3 teaspoons. So I took an extra 2 teaspoons of medicine – and she pretty much promised I’d be out for most of the day.
We stayed there for an hour or so – I was mostly out of it. The hives and itchiness went away. We got the prescription for the Epi Pen and steroids and went on our way. After a stop at the pharmacy, we got home and The Hubby made me some lunch. I ate about one scrambled egg and that was all I got down before I fell asleep around 12:30. I slept until 4:30.
But The Hubby was determined to finish our project. So he finished weeding and started up mulching. He got most of it done before 4:30, with breaks to check in on me to make sure I was still breathing. What a great guy!
So, now I have to practice how to use this darn Epi-pen. And keep it with me all the time – one in the house and one in the purse. And we now have tons of Benadryl in the house (and my purse).