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| The local river is still out of its banks. The sun is shining and it's windy, but warm. The yard is muddy. The ground is soft enough to allow weed pulling. Little puddles are everywhere, apparently breeding mosquitoes. I took a short time between rains to pull weeds from a bed I worked last week. I drew out the little devils like a picnic for ants! I must have come too close to a shrub because I have a long pink scratch on my temple. I don't remember snagging anything, but old skin tears easily. All around the scratch are bug bites. I knew something was "bugging" me, but I was pulling up something with long roots, and it looked like poison ivy. So I was afraid to put my hands in my face, I rubbed that side of my face on my shoulder and my upper arm. Not enough. I have stings on my neck, my ear, my eyebrow, my chin, my cheek, and the corner of my eye, and all around the scratch. These are the soft skin areas, not as tough as the rest of the body. So scratching is not advisable. I always react badly to mosquito and all bug bites or stings. It will take 4 or 5 days for the worst of it to disappear. The mark will remain much longer. I am going crazy. This happened on Monday, and I am still itching to death. Yesterday, all I did was walk onto my back porch for some daily weed pulling out of the herb pots. I get them there while they are small and easy to pull. Both hands got it bad. I could not sleep last night for the itching. My hands scratched each other until I almost broke the skin. I picked up some Benadryl today, since topical medicines don't help more than 5 minutes. So immediately, I fell asleep after taking the first pill. A nurse told me to take it to lessen the swelling and calm the nerve endings. After being up and about for a while, I am struggling to keep my hands out of my face and off my neck, but can't seem to stop rubbing my hands together like Lady MacBeth. I'm not doing any outdoor work today. I want to wait until I heal. I have some disposable gloves by the back door, so quick trips outside I can at least protect my hands. I have moved all my repellents to convenient places near the doors, and have sprayed the foyer and the garage to be sure nothing is slipping inside. I love the yard, but I have been reminded why I don't do more yard work or spend time outdoors entertaining. Nobody in my family suffers from these things like I do, and they don't attract them like I do either. |
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