Bee Stings Stink!!

No, this is not a picture of my leg, but of my arm. I had a little run in with a bee on Monday, and things have gone downhill from there. The bee landed on my shirt (I guess), and when I wiped my arm over my shirt, it stung me. I was fine all night Monday, and then yesterday I woke up with it itching a little bit and a little swollen. By last night it was huge. I called my doctor and they said to take Benadryll and put cream on it - so I did. It did nothing but it sure helped me sleep really well! Today I called back, and they told me to go to Urgent Care to make sure there wasn't an infection. Let me just tell you that this thing is huge, hot, and really hard, plus it keeps growing so I was sure that it is infected. The poor Urgent Care people were so scared to even look at me because I was pregnant, that he finally gave me a prescription for an antibiotic (and the lovely lines), and told me not to take it for 3 days, and only take it if the swelling continues. Now I'm not so sure how big my arm could get, but I don't want to find out.

After consulting with Chad, I just headed over to my Midwives office, and she didn't look to happy with what they told me. She took me into another doctors office, and after he talked to a specialist to make sure I wasn't hurting my nerves (nice huh!), they gave me a different prescription, and told me to soak my arm in Epsom salt. Whew!! Hopefully there is an end in sight here.

Thankfully my mother and father-in-law have the kids for the day so I can get this all figured out. I hope the swelling goes down soon, and I hope the marker comes off my arm!