I didn't know where to post this but here seems appropriate.
I have had quite an ordeal the last week and now it seems that it's far from over...
It started last Friday, I had a bump on my head that I assumed was a bug bite or a small cut, then I got a few spots on my face and neck and though I was breaking out with zits. When Sunday night came and my stomach strated itching, I realized it was hives, no big deal, they'll go away soon enough. Nope, Monday morning I woke up scratching my scalp, it was covered in hives, my face felt funny, so I looked in the mirror, my entire face was swollen. One eye was almost completely swollen shut. I looked like a pit bull. So My mother came and took me to the ER. They said well it must have been something you ate. Pumped me full of steroids and benedryl and sent me on my way. Tuesday I woke up and my lips were swollen, my doctor said get to the ER right away, by the time I got to the ER I was having trouble breathing. They gave me a breathing treatment, more steroids and benedryl and sent me home after just an hour. Wednesday I went to my doctor so he could see what was going on. I had woken up naseus and my lips were so swollen that I couldn't eat, I had to drink some milk through a straw and get the steroids down. He just told me to keep up the benedryl and steroids. When I got home I was really tired so I took a nap. When I wokje up I was a little dizzy and very sick to my stomach and kept repeating myself becaue I couldn't remember if I had said what I wanted to say. My hands were so swollen I could barely move my fingers. So to the ER again. The doctors and nurses there actually seemed annoyed that I was back. I told them look I'm crying right now and there are no tears, that has never happened to me. The doctor who was taking care of me wanted to admit me but said that they couldn't find anything that would warrent it, so I got 48 hours in observation. I just lay around and got pumped with even more steroids and bendryl. They released me this afternoon saying it will be over soon. No such luck. The hives are all back again, getting worse. And to add to all that everything I like to eat and drink tastes disgusting.
The docs seemed to come to an agreement that I had caught some virus and am allergic to it, but I don't know. Not one of them seemed to look at ALL of the symptoms I was telling them about, just the ones in their specialty. I just don't know what to do. Not only am I extremely itchy and getting more depressed as this goes on, but people are looking at me and actually getting out of my way, like they are afraid I'll touch them and theyll get this. I don't know what to do
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