Saturday, January 26, 2013

When life give you Cedar... take some meds and put on Phineas & Ferb!



Oh My Stars, the last two days have been awful.  AWFUL!!  Can I just say, I HATE,… yes I said HATE,… Mountain Cedar!  What is Mountain Cedar, you ask?  It’s the most evil tree that was ever created.  It releases pollen around this time every year. It surrounds this entire area where I live.  And apparently…

I AM.  HIGHLY.  ALLERGIC!!! 



I woke up Thursday sneezing & having normal allergy symptoms that comes with this Texas cold, now it’s warm, now it’s cold, back and forth weather we have. By the end of the night, my right sinus cavity started to stop up and my right eye started to swell.  I took allergy meds and went to bed thinking it’d clear up the next day.  Boy was I WRONG!!!!!    
 I woke up Friday and BAM, Mr. Mountain Cedar took out his yearly attack with a vengeance.  His pollen release was at it’s RECORD HIGH!  Yep, you heard me right, RECORD HIGH!  As in 3000 high.  (I don’t really know what that means, but it’s a really high number & not a good thing.)

Like I said, his yearly attack on me was with a vengeance and the worst I’ve ever had.  


Mr. Mountain Cedar caused my eyes to itch so bad I nearly scratched them out, he caused my right eye to swell shut and run tears of acid…  All the while causing me to sneeze my head off to no avail, because he had stopped up all of my sinus cavities with what felt like cement!!!   In other words, I was miserable, couldn’t breathe and I had used up 2 large boxes of Puffs tissues w/ lotion in a 24 hour period, along with ½ bottle of Mentholatum.  


Sooo while I was in bed the last two days, blowing my nose, slathering on Mentholatum, sneezing, blowing, slathering, rinse lather repeating ALL Day Long… Lil Man and I decided to put on some “Phineas & Ferb” on Netflix.  


Let me tell you, having my Lil Man by my side watching his favorite show, while listening to him say over and over again, “Momma, I’m gonna take care of you.” – has to be THE BEST MEDICINE EVER!!!! I love that little dude!

 Today is a little better!  I'm finally out of bed, but I still can't breathe, and my right eye is not swollen shut anymore though it is a little puffy. I am glad to say, my sinus cavity feel more like a kaleche road & not a cement side walk anymore. At least I know I'm going to survive. Especially with my Lil Man and Phineas & Ferb by my side! 



PS~ Mr. Mountain Cedar…. GO AWAY, NOW!!!!....  PLEASE & THANK YOU!!

 




3 comments:

Angie said...

My goodness that sounds ROUGH! Glad you're feeling better....and The Hubs and I often find ourselves laughing along with Phinas and Ferb.

beckyjomama said...

Girl - I am SO sorry!!! What allergy meds are you taking? Make sure it has a decongestant ingredient - Like zyrtek-D or Claritin-D ... somethin like that.

Praying you through!!!

(and so glad you're back!)

pink and green mama MaryLea said...

Hi Hollie,

Poop to bad allergies! I feel your pain and hope you're on the mend quickly. I emailed you my button with an explanation of what happened...sorry about that.

Take care!

Warmly,
MaryLea