Hives...

Well, leave it to me to have my first ever allergic reaction in Uganda. Yes, hives in Uganda. Ugh. Haha. I'm about 90% clear now but I have had quite the night/day. It started about 1pm yesterday. I had put on deet and sunscreen and we were out by the pool on our day off. I thought I had been bit by a mosquito and it just got kind of red. The only thing that was weird was that it was kind of big and in the same place on both arms. I brushed it off and put on some more deet. Then we finished swimming/laying out and got ready for dinner. By this point I had one more and I figured I just needed to make sure I had enough deet on since we were eating outside. So we had dinner and decided to play card games in my room. While we were going upstairs I noticed that I had a couple more spots on my arms and the palm of my right hand was swollen and red. That's when I began to think maybe it wasn't a mosquito. While we are playing card games I realized I had some spots in places I KNOW Mosquitos couldn't get to. So I asked around and took two benedryl and went to bed. Around 3am I woke up feeling hot, itchy, and in pain. I went to the restroom and to my surprise I was COVERED in these red spots. They were everywhere. EVERYWHERE. Even in my face and feet. It hurt to walk and to smile and basically do anything. So I consulted my favorite nurse and paramedic in training (shout out Ginny! Sry I didn't tell you it was me last night. Didn't want to worry you.) and she said that "someone" could take more benedryl and gave "someone" instructions. So at 3am I took more benedryl and went to bed praying for the best. At 6 am it was worse. At 9:30am it was awful so Becky called pastor Morris and he sent a doctor that he trusts with Mzungu's to the hotel. The doctor asked questions, looked at me and told us to go to his office. At his office they gave me a hydrocortisone shot and a prescription and told me "you will be fine." so we left. I took the first dose of the medicine and then we went to Morris and Aidah's for lunch. About 4 hours later I'm 90% better! Thank you Jesus!!!!! So I survived my very first allergic reaction! And I'm in Uganda. Haha :-) now I just hope it was from the deet or sunscreen. I'm not using either of those again (don't worry I'm taking malaria medicine so I'll be fine without bug spray.) If it wasn't one of those I could be back in the doctors office tomorrow. Pray that I'm not please! I hated not seeing Chede or going to Namatala today. Pray that this is the end of my allergic reactions. Anyways I thought I'd share my hives story with you. I made it! Hahahahaha :-)