My After Ike Boo Boo

Sunday we went to church and they still do not have electricity. It reminded us of how lucky we are to have electricity. There are several people still without.

On our way home from church, I showed mom and dad a boo boo I had just above my wrist. A mosquito got me good. Ike produced a lot of mosquitoes. They are so big they look like horses flying in the air. Usually, my skin gets irritated enough that I need Benadryl and cream. So we started the Benadryl as soon as we got home. By that night, my wrist was really hurting and starting to feel stiff. I cried anytime I moved my wrist.

By morning, it was more swollen and I cried at times when I moved it. I still went off to school with some Benadryl in me, hoping it would get better. By the time mom picked me up from school it was frighteningly HUGE! Don't get mom started on why they didn't call her sooner. My whole hand and wrist was swollen beyond belief, bright shiny red, on fire, and I had a slight fever. Mom rushed me to the doctor and they said that I needed antibiotics in addition to the Benadryl and cream. They said to watch me very closely or it could be something very, very serious.

Luckily, by morning it wasn't worse which felt like a good sign. Then slowly but surely, I am getting much better. It almost looks normal now.

Here are pictures of my hand. The flash on the camera took away a lot of the redness. The pictures don't show it justice, but here are some. My top part of the hand was about 4 times as tall than usual.