The bed bugs may have some competition

Keeping up with the blog has been quite challenging over the past few weeks. I don’t have the mind power or the energy to update you on the past week at the moment so instead I’m just going to tell you how I am doing right now.

I could say I am doing well, and I am, but there is also something that has caused some concern over the past two days. On Thursday morning I woke up to my head itching. My first reaction was lice. I proceeded to check my hair and didn’t see anything to be concerned about. I continued on with my day with no problems. That evening as I went to bed, I had an itchy sensation all over my body. It was quite different than the itch I had from the bed bugs. Throughout the night I woke up itchy. When morning came and I checked my skin, I knew there was a problem. I had developed hives all over my body. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. Of course the first thing I did was send a message and pictures to my mom. It was clear that I was having an allergic reaction to something but that something was unknown. I took some time to reflect on what I had eaten and done over the past few that may trigger this reaction. Nothing out of the norm came to mind. I walked a few minutes down the road to the pharmacy (or chemist as they call it here). There is a friend from church who is a pharmacist and I had hopes that he might be able to tell me something. He gave me something to take. After taking the given medicine, my reaction diminished.

Yet that is not the end of my story. Again last night, I woke up in the middle of the night with severe itching. This time it was primarily on the hands, feet, and neck. Oh dear. I thought about taking some of the medicine again but decided against it because it hadn’t been 24 since the last dose. I went to bed to wake up to hives over my body once again. Although not monstrous, there was also a little swelling to my eyes. To what I can blame this on, I do not know. Hopefully it will get better within the next few days but if it does not, I may go see a doctor.