Starting the Summer Break with a "Pangit" (Ugly) Eye
This really should be a continuation of my last post. That's because this one starts off where I literally typed off in the previous entry. Last Tuesday evening, after downing three glasses of Margarita --- one at AJ's grad (we're coming up with excuses to dine out) dinner, and two more at home after the kids have slept --- I posted my entry, answered email and tied up loose ends with the my bill payments.
Afterwards, I joined my hubby in bed and by around 1 am, was getting ready to sleep. Then it hit me. Rather, it bit me. Funny thing is, I never felt a bite. Just a tiny itch in the corner of my left eye. Scratch, scratch. Uh-oh, I'm getting hives (I have seasonal allergies)! Dry-swallowed one Claritin and waited a bit for the itch to diminish. Fifteen minutes. Damn! Think that the hives are still there... or in this case, that single one on my eye. Downed another Claritin. Another twenty minutes. What the hell?! I freaked as I looked at my reflection in the mirror. The hive has swallowed my eye! Eeeek! Unbelievably, I calmly swallowed another dose of Benadryl this time.
Thirty minutes later. OH MY GOD!!! My eye is swollen shut! Have to go to the hospital! Do I ask my hubby to take me and we'll bring the kids? But it's three-freakin'-o'-clock in the morning! Finally, I decided to drive myself to the ER. I quickly woke up my blissfully snoring hubby and told him about what's happenning. I'm impressed that he didn't scream in horror when he saw who it was waking him up. I have turned uglier than Quasemodo!
As I drove to the hospital, I had to make sure that I was being extra careful driving with just one good eye and all. I didn't want to get pulled over and be cited for DUI (the Margaritas? the Benadryl?). Can't turn on the charm because it would surely look utterly pathetic with my swollen eye and morning breath.
Long story short, docs at the ER couldn't figure out what happened to me. Same story with the Opthalmologist the following day. They couldn't find a bite mark and it didn't seem to be an allergic reaction. I wonder what Gregory House would say? So far, their solution is to pump with steroids to reduce the swelling and come back if eye is still swollen by next week.
The afternoon following that wee hour ER visit, I asked my son AJ if he still loves me even if I'm pangit (ugly). And my sweet little son tells me, "I love you, Mommy and you're not pangit." Then he reconsiders, "But your eye is pangit!"
So this one goes to the books on how we welcomed AJ's summer break.
Afterwards, I joined my hubby in bed and by around 1 am, was getting ready to sleep. Then it hit me. Rather, it bit me. Funny thing is, I never felt a bite. Just a tiny itch in the corner of my left eye. Scratch, scratch. Uh-oh, I'm getting hives (I have seasonal allergies)! Dry-swallowed one Claritin and waited a bit for the itch to diminish. Fifteen minutes. Damn! Think that the hives are still there... or in this case, that single one on my eye. Downed another Claritin. Another twenty minutes. What the hell?! I freaked as I looked at my reflection in the mirror. The hive has swallowed my eye! Eeeek! Unbelievably, I calmly swallowed another dose of Benadryl this time.
Thirty minutes later. OH MY GOD!!! My eye is swollen shut! Have to go to the hospital! Do I ask my hubby to take me and we'll bring the kids? But it's three-freakin'-o'-clock in the morning! Finally, I decided to drive myself to the ER. I quickly woke up my blissfully snoring hubby and told him about what's happenning. I'm impressed that he didn't scream in horror when he saw who it was waking him up. I have turned uglier than Quasemodo!
As I drove to the hospital, I had to make sure that I was being extra careful driving with just one good eye and all. I didn't want to get pulled over and be cited for DUI (the Margaritas? the Benadryl?). Can't turn on the charm because it would surely look utterly pathetic with my swollen eye and morning breath.
Long story short, docs at the ER couldn't figure out what happened to me. Same story with the Opthalmologist the following day. They couldn't find a bite mark and it didn't seem to be an allergic reaction. I wonder what Gregory House would say? So far, their solution is to pump with steroids to reduce the swelling and come back if eye is still swollen by next week.
The afternoon following that wee hour ER visit, I asked my son AJ if he still loves me even if I'm pangit (ugly). And my sweet little son tells me, "I love you, Mommy and you're not pangit." Then he reconsiders, "But your eye is pangit!"
So this one goes to the books on how we welcomed AJ's summer break.
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