Acute Allergic Reaction? I knew that you could. Today I went on a field trip with my son's 2nd grade class to the Botanical Gardens. The kids learned about glacial erratic's and the differences between evergreen and diciduous trees as well as many other things. Then we went into the herb garden. There were mints of all tastes and smells as well as sage and different types of parsley. And there was sorrel. It's a large leaf herb that has a sour taste to me but all the kids were eating it. I tried a piece about the size of a quarter and spit it out right away. It tasted nasty to me.
About 10 minutes later my lower lip started to itch and developed a little bump. After another 10 minutes I knew I had a problem because the whole lower lip was getting puffy and I was now having trouble talking and was getting short of breath.
I arranged for the kids I brought to get a ride back to the school with another parent and headed to the ER. I got there and the lady's like, "Looks like you got some swelling there" and I say in my best Bubba Gump voice, "I think I'm having an allergic reaction" with my lip seemingly flapping up above my nose. Well, no shit. A bird could have built a nest on the son of a bitch.
Doc gave me a shot of some steroids that made me sleep like a dead person when I got home and gave me a script for some Prednisone. I feel better now but it was quite a trip seeing my lip grow and grow.
As I told my wife about it, with a little of my humor thrown in for good measure, she was laughing so hysterically that she got a stitch in her side. We can laugh about it now and the pictures are post ER - so if you can imagine - it was even bigger. I'm just glad it didn't pop.
O.K. - you can laugh now.
2 comments:
And that sweet booger didn't cost you a thing. :)
Careful you don't git that caught on a trip wire boy!
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