A Tough Month

I don't like October. It has been a tough month for me. Last night while fixing dinner, I accidentally cut my finger on the lid of a can. It wasn't too deep but it bled like a stuck pig. I used all my nursing skills and made a nice large bandage of gauze and put pressure on it. Three hours later and 4 massive blood soaked dressings convinced me that this thing wasn't going to stop bleeding. So I went to the ER to see if they would put super glue on it like the chefs do at work. They wouldn't do that. I had cut through a blood vessel and that's why it wouldn't stop bleeding. I had to have 4 stitches just so it would heal properly. I also had to have a tetnus shot. The numbing hurt!! I kept breathing deeply saying, "I've had a baby so I can do this." Man did it hurt. Two hours at the ER and we were on our way home. This morning at work I started breaking out in hives. Most of you know that I get hives often. However, this was unlike anything I've ever had. My elbow was covered with large white hives that looked like blisters. Then my entire arm was covered. Pretty soon, I had them everywhere.

My legs and back were covered with a different kind. People at work kicked me out and told me to get to a doctor. I did. The only reason I took these pictures was to prove to the doctor that I really had them in case they settled down by the time I saw the doctor. They didn't settle down.

We're not sure, but we suspect that I have had some kind of reaction to something they injected in me last night. He prescribed Prednisone (a steroid) and Zyretec. They told me if my throat begins to feel tight I had to go to the hospital immediately. I'm not worried about that.

So that's my messy story. This hasn't been a kind month. (But I get out of doing the dishes.... he, he.)