Fast forward to Wednesday. I am sitting at work when my stomach starts to itch, so I scratch it. Then, it starts to move around to my back and becomes almost unbearable. So, I go into the restroom where I discover that almost my entire body is covered in itchy hives. I pop a couple of Benadryl and make it through the day. I head over to the quick care place after work, since I hadn't eaten anything out of the ordinary, used any different soaps, or anything that would cause an allergic reaction. I mainly wanted to make sure that it wasn't anything contagious. Dr. says, just keep taking Benadryl every 4-6 hours for the next few days, you will be fine! Perfect.
Fast Forward to Friday. I wake up with the hives still in full effect, but now, all of my extremities feel like they are asleep. I am tingling, itchy, and so swollen that I can hardly get my shoes on. Ok, so now is when I am thinking that this might be something more than just an allergic reaction to something still unknown. So, I decide to call our regular Dr. and see what they have to say about it. I was told to get in there as soon as I could.
I head into the Dr. and they start trying to figure out what is going on. And, I don't know why, but I mentioned that little knot on my neck and how annoying it was. So, she checked it out and low and behold....a spider bite. One little spider, that I never saw, one little "knot" on my neck, caused all of this discomfort and irritation! I guess it was lucky that I said something because then they could treat it correctly. My hives have gone away considerably and my arms and legs are feeling fairly normal today. We bug-bombed our house tonight, after realizing what the culprit to my illness was.
It just gives me the willies to know I was cuddling up with something like this:
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