Friday started a bad day of the hives. I got ready for school and was really itchy on my legs. I had these spots all over the back of my leg, that looked like mosquito bites. I thought that was weird, but hurried to class to get there on time. I didn't really think anything about it, until really late that night when I was getting ready for bed. I had watched a movie with some friends and my ear and foot had been itching the whole time. When I got dressed into my pajamas, I had a billion spots all over my leg, moving up back. They were getting very huge. My foot also itched and had spots all over it. I was starting to get really worried because this has never happened to me, and I am not allergic to anything. I took some benedryl, and said a prayer. I talked to my friend on facebook and was freakin out a little to him. His roomate is an
EMT and was giving me advice, but nothing my mother hadn't already taught me. By this time I was getting them on my arms and my stomach. It was about 2 in the morning and I was in tears and just wanted to call my mom and talk to her. I did what she would have told me to do, but I just wanted to hear her voice and pretend I was crying on her shoulder. I asked my friend what I should do and I just decided I couldn't sleep without talking to my parents. So I called them and explained what was going on. My mom told me to go to the ER just to be safe. Just in case my throat got swollen or it was something else going on. So I asked my friend Kyle, if he could take me to the hospital. He was here in about 10 minutes. I'm lucky to have such a good friend who would take care of me at that time in the morning. We got to the
Madison Hospital and as we were driving up to the parking lot, I really missed my hospital at home. I was worried because I wouldn't know anyone there. We walked in and the guy admitting me was extremely nice. He told me my dad had called and told them what was going on and gave them all of my information. I was so grateful for dad and doing that. It made it so much easier for me, and I was at ease. I have the
Best Parents in the World, and family! They deserve the
Family of the Year Award! The nurse came and got me and took me back to my room. She was extremely nice. I showed her my hives, and by this point my foot was swollen and my hives were extremely red. My nurse took my blood pressure, oxygen level, and temperature. She really made me feel better and at ease. We talked for a bit and then
Dr. Mayberry came in and checked me out and listened to my chest. He said I must be having an allergic reaction. I hadn't eaten anything unusual, and he said it might be the environment and I think possibly stress. He gave me some steroids, adn then a prescription for prednisone. The staff at the hospital took extremely good care of me. Kyle came back into my room while I was waiting for my medicine. We talked to the nurse for a bit, signed my discharge papers and then headed home. We got home a little after 3:30 a.m. I called my parents and told them what the doctors had said, wrote in my journal, and iced my legs, and then headed off to bed. The next day I went and told my landlords what had happend in the night. We have cameras and a curfew and I didn't want them to think I was just leaving with a boy in the middle of the night, and get kicked out. I am so grateful for families and the power of prayer, and don't know what I would do without them! Haha, I guess I just love
BYU-Idaho so much, that they gave me a case of the Hives!
Friday started a bad day of the hives. I got ready for school and was really itchy on my legs. I had these spots all over the back of my leg, that looked like mosquito bites. I thought that was weird, but hurried to class to get there on time. I didn't really think anything about it, until really late that night when I was getting ready for bed. I had watched a movie with some friends and my ear and foot had been itching the whole time. When I got dressed into my pajamas, I had a billion spots all over my leg, moving up back. They were getting very huge. My foot also itched and had spots all over it. I was starting to get really worried because this has never happened to me, and I am not allergic to anything. I took some benedryl, and said a prayer. I talked to my friend on facebook and was freakin out a little to him. His roomate is an EMT and was giving me advice, but nothing my mother hadn't already taught me. By this time I was getting them on my arms and my stomach. It was about 2 in the morning and I was in tears and just wanted to call my mom and talk to her. I did what she would have told me to do, but I just wanted to hear her voice and pretend I was crying on her shoulder. I asked my friend what I should do and I just decided I couldn't sleep without talking to my parents. So I called them and explained what was going on. My mom told me to go to the ER just to be safe. Just in case my throat got swollen or it was something else going on. So I asked my friend Kyle, if he could take me to the hospital. He was here in about 10 minutes. I'm lucky to have such a good friend who would take care of me at that time in the morning. We got to the Madison Hospital and as we were driving up to the parking lot, I really missed my hospital at home. I was worried because I wouldn't know anyone there. We walked in and the guy admitting me was extremely nice. He told me my dad had called and told them what was going on and gave them all of my information. I was so grateful for dad and doing that. It made it so much easier for me, and I was at ease. I have the Best Parents in the World, and family! They deserve the Family of the Year Award! The nurse came and got me and took me back to my room. She was extremely nice. I showed her my hives, and by this point my foot was swollen and my hives were extremely red. My nurse took my blood pressure, oxygen level, and temperature. She really made me feel better and at ease. We talked for a bit and then Dr. Mayberry came in and checked me out and listened to my chest. He said I must be having an allergic reaction. I hadn't eaten anything unusual, and he said it might be the environment and I think possibly stress. He gave me some steroids, adn then a prescription for prednisone. The staff at the hospital took extremely good care of me. Kyle came back into my room while I was waiting for my medicine. We talked to the nurse for a bit, signed my discharge papers and then headed home. We got home a little after 3:30 a.m. I called my parents and told them what the doctors had said, wrote in my journal, and iced my legs, and then headed off to bed. The next day I went and told my landlords what had happend in the night. We have cameras and a curfew and I didn't want them to think I was just leaving with a boy in the middle of the night, and get kicked out. I am so grateful for families and the power of prayer, and don't know what I would do without them! Haha, I guess I just love BYU-Idaho so much, that they gave me a case of the Hives!
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