That's not the end of it though. The next day after I went walking with my friend at work during lunch I looked down and my ankle was the size of a softball! It was burning more and more and itched like CRAZY! I was so nervous it was an allergic reaction to the sting. So I went to the nurses’ station to find out what I could do for my ankle. She just gave me topical ointment and an ice pack to help with the swelling. So there I sat. At my desk with an ice pack strapped to my leg with an ace bandage. It actually helped relieve the burning. I went home and wondered when this would go away. All that night and the next day I was continuing to deal with my kankel! If you don’t know what that is, it is where your calf and your ankle seem to blend in together because they are so FAT! Ha ha. I like to spell it with Ks because it seems more natural.
Anyway, Saturday night I was so fed up with my kankel that I was whining to Rick and he sat down with a pin and tweezers and dug in there to make sure the stinger was out! Stinger? I never saw a stinger in the first place! It was just a little red dot after the initial sting. But sure enough, he pulled out pieces of a stinger. What a saint! He saved my life!
I woke up the next morning to bruising on my ankle from all the drama but alas, no more swelling! Yeah! Glad that is over! Thanks to everyone who were very supportive through this trial of mine. I would like to thank Amanda, SueAnn, Deborah, Mitzi, and most of all…. My husband; without whom I would still have a kankel!
LOL! My pleasure dear! :)
ReplyDeleteGo Rick! So...did I ever tell you about my story getting stung by a bee? I was climing with Kris while we were dating and we were on this climb called "bumblebee" (of course! They name it that because when the sun hits the rocks, the bees come out of the cracks and the mountain is covered in bees). I was fine with it because I've never been that scared of bee's and it was a FUN climb & I was trying to impress Kris. So, I was climbing and this bee crawled right out of the rock in front of me and I looked at it and said "don't you sting me!" and he stung me and said "ha! I showed you!". Well, I was on a really hard part of the climb and I was gripping the rock with both hands (white-knuckling) and so I couldn't let go. But what happens when you feel a sharp pain? You suck in your breath really fast. So, yes. I sucked in my breath (just an automatic reaction...I couldn't help it!) and the bee went "BAM" straight back into the back of my throat. I tried to spit it out but it was too far back there. So, I swallowed it. All this time I was trying to act normal so Kris (who was 70 feet down on the ground looking up at me) would just think I was an amazing climber. But yeah, a bee stung me and I retaliated by eating it! HA! THE END.Thank you and goodnight.
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