Still a Little Itchy

After lying in bed for about 5 minutes last night, I started to have a strange sensation that I might be having an allergic reaction to something. I was right. They came on slowly, but I had hives.  All over my back, arms, neck.  Really itchy.  Even in my ears.

You might think that having a husband who is a doctor is useful in a moment like this. He was only interested in sleeping, though, and I had to make a lot of scratching and whimpering noises just to get his attention.  When I finally woke him with a loud DAVE, he didn't even want to see my hives.  I was shocked.  Then, I had to suggest my own treatment -- Benadryl and a shower.  A flat "fine" was all I got.

When discussing the incident this morning, it seemed that I had really inconvenienced Dave by waking him with something so trivial.  "But my body was on fire!" I exclaimed.  "And you didn't even try to help!"

His reply: "Taking the shower was a bad idea.  It just triggers the body's histamine blah, blah, blah, and makes everything worse."

Huh.  Wish I had known that the night before.  He was right.  The shower really put me over the edge, but I managed to lie there quietly burning up until the Benadryl kicked in because I really wanted to believe that I had handled this medical emergency myself.