spiders are ASSHOLES! i got bit by a spider thursday morning. it HURT. got angry. i ignored it. my body would fight it right? it was closed, red, swollen, by saturday it was purple, swollen, hard, PAAINFUL. but still closed. yesterday, Sunday, it opened up after my shower and started draining itself. time to get it looked at.
i went to the ER near our home, an ER i happen to love, it is quiet, always prompt, they are great with peds cases, and it is SO close to home.
i normally run 97.2-97.4F. ish. i was 99.5, so a bit of a temp for me. not too good. pain jacked up my BP too.
the doc and nurse looks at it, and decides on a course of action, it gets scrubbed with betadine, poked to get numbed, a LOT (OWWW), and then we wait for it to be NUMB, they come back, numb it MORE, and scrub it again. slice it upen, use the spready thingies to open it up and drain out any and all gooeys, rinsed it for a good 5 minutes, then packed it. it was NOT numb enough for the opening scooping, or the packing. did i mention OWWWW? then it was dressed, so was i, and i was sent home. no pain meds. by the time the injected anesthetic wore off i was in bed. i took some excedrin pm and waited for relief to come. it didnt. when i woke i was in writhing pain.
so, kids to nana and papas house, i got dropped at ER (after calling to get advice), PapaBear had to work on his Baja so it doesnt get towed out of the apt parking lot. the Er doc today was so awesome. he was kind and calm. his energy definitely helped me. even when he was poking at it to see if it oozed. lol. i got a script for pain meds, and antibiotics, and was told to yank the packing out on wednesday morning. but if i cant do it, to come in and he will.
this is all because of one asshole spider.
blargh.
but now, painmeds are good, and i am feeling better.
soon, the bus will take me to my children and we will play and relax at nana and papas house til PapaBear is done working on his car and can come get us.
this weekend was NOT a good one.
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