Yesterday was an eventful day for me...

16 years ago

I started out at 8am to go to an advertised estate sale...I did good...here's my finds...I'm putting the chair in our bedroom cause that's where my DH sits and works most of the time. I collect carnival glass and English Biscuit barrels and landed a couple of pieces!! I got the chair for 25.00...tell me I didn't score big!! (shhhh...i paid more for the carnival glass piece then I did the chair...we wont tell hubster that now will we...LOL)

Then I went to the doc in the box at Walgreens to have a spider bite looked at...Tuesday evening I felt the bite but just thought it was a mosquito bite...well after 4 days the wound got really big and looking really bad...A woman in Atlanta this week lost her breast to a brown recluse bite...so I got a bit panicky...then when the doc at Walgreens said it was over her head and go IMMEDIATELY to the ER I went...there was a three hour wait...I'm coming back later cause yesterday was a block party at the Delta's general office and I really wanted my DS to see what fun it is to work for my company...Chick-Fillet was there giving away food by the tons...free beer, free cokes, free everything..a concert by Sister Hazel and a demo by the Olympic Trampoline team...I never knew we had an olympic trampoline team and wow!!! They were awesome!! They practice wearing ski's and by golly just watching them made me breathe faster...We got to see the plane we bought for the company and is now on permanent display and lots of other pieces of our history...it was an fun filled day...here we are with his honey sitting by the engine of the Spirit of Delta 767 we, the employees purchased in 1984!

I left to come home around 5 with the intentions of going straight to the ER...It was storming so figured I'd better stop by home and check on the doggies...Abby is deathly afraid of thunderstorms...I walked in and she's huddled up next to Alex...I fed them then off I went to the ER...

After a three hour wait I'm diagnosed as having been bitten by a spider/unknown kind...a big ole shot in my big ole you know where and another round of antibods and I should be good to go...that shot hurt like a mutha...but I must say the wound looks a whole lot better this morning...The staff at the ER were fab and kept apologizing for being so slow...they were just slammed and they did their best..I took a book and was more then fine sitting there waiting and people watching!

That was my fun filled day and I'm glad I don't do them very often cause this ole broad is one tard girl this morning!

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Marilyn Sue
16 years ago
I am glad you too had a fun filled day! However, not happy to hear you got an old spider bite. It is good you were able to have it looked after. You got some really nice buys also yesterday, I like the paw feet on the chair.

Sue
Cherryfizz
16 years ago
You scored some nice things. I love carnival glass and the glass biscuit jars.

Funny thing I got bit by a spider on my breast Friday night when I was in bed. No pain but I took the top of it off to get the nasty stuff out and it has been bleeding. I am pretty sure mine was just a house spider bite. Usually they go for my eye lid. Glad you got yours looked at. Those shots are nasty and painful. LOL

Great pictures. Have a nice day Liz.

Anne
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Jasdip
16 years ago
Wow, LOVE the chair Liz!
What a great day you had, except for the spider bite of course. Glad it was nothing as major and scary as the one you were talking about.

Now that summer is getting here, on the news they're making people aware of ticks and Lyme disease. Scary stuff (and sometimes lethal) that bugs can carry.
OklaMoni
16 years ago
Wow, what a day. Love that chair, great bargain! Nice picture of you and the "kids".

Good you got that bite looked at, but don't you have "urgent care" places where you live? They are usually faster than the ER.

Moni
Georgysmom
16 years ago
Wow. You did have a big day. Love the chair and the carnival glass. Glad you had the bite looked after.

Dottie
nicole__
16 years ago
I know everyone LOVES your chair....but I your chair!

Sorry about the spider bite. I remember getting bitten in the neck once...no big deal, just swelled up to the size of a dime and went away. Hope yours is now cured.
lydia1959
16 years ago
Love the chair... I would have snatched that up too!! Great deal!

The block party sounds like fun. I like Sister Hazel! The Olympic trampoline team sounds like fun to watch.

Hope you are feeling better!
alisande
16 years ago
Glad you got the bite treated. Scary stuff.

Is that a deviled egg plate? Nice!

Love the picture--you're a good looking bunch!!
nodakgal
16 years ago
What a day!!!
Yep, ya did good on the sales!
Great pics and ewww on the shot but hey, a womans gotta do what a womans gotta do to get better!
susan_on
16 years ago
Sorry you had to have the shot, but glad you went in. You have a good attitude- which is shown by you bringing a book and being understanding about the wait.

Your day sounds very nice, otherwise!
wanda_va
16 years ago
Great finds! Sorry about the bite, but it's good that you got medical attention. Hugs!
joan_mn
16 years ago
Everything sounds great except the ER, but I'm glad you went in!
Jamie_LA
16 years ago
Dang Liz! You REALLY did good on that chair, I want it! LOL
Sounds like a really fun time at Delta's party. Glad you got to take your "co-worker"--haha.
Good to know the shot will take care of the spider bite. That is SCARY!!! Any idea when it would have happened???
lilliepad
16 years ago
Glad you had a great day in spite of the spider bite.That was a GREAT deal on the chair.I have been looking for something like that but everyone here wants and arm and 2 legs for anything that looks that good.I'll fight Jamie for it!LOL
I have a deviled egg plate exactly like that one that was my grandmothers! I love that plate.We use it every Christmas for my DD's deviled eggs.
lindyluwho
16 years ago
Glad you went to the ER for the spider bite. I've had that 2 times and had to get antibiotics both times. You just know that it's not just the usual bite that goes away quickly. I also read about the woman losing her breast to gangrene from the spider bite.

That chair is fabulous. What a great find and such a great price.

Linda
liz
Original Author
16 years ago
I went to our hospitals minor emergency center...I figured I'd leave the main ER for the bloodied and injured..the minor center was packed to the gills...there were two chairs left when I went in...they are soo nice and caring...I don't think I would have received that quality of care at the main ER...

The bite looks so much better now..the redness around it is all but gone except for at the wound..

I just took some soapy water to the chair...it looked clean until I started washing it...after it dried I polished it up with some leather cleaner/conditioner and it looks mighty fine...

Jamie and Lillie...come on over...I'll let you sit in it for a quarter..and I've wanted a deviled egg holder besides the tupperware one for years...I make them for every cookout! LOL
vicki_lv_nv
16 years ago
Oh...love all the finds...especially the chair. And take care of that bite!
hayjud_mn
16 years ago
I not only LOVE your chair, but I also have a perfect spot for it!
I also like that picture of you and the "kids." That must have been a real fun party.

About that bite, isn't it hard to decide whether to go in or wait it out. I usually figure it will heal -- until the weekend, when it is even harder to get in. I'm glad you had it checked and no matter what kind, it sounds like it needed attention.

You sure had an adventure packed day!
linda_in_iowa
16 years ago
I love your chair. I am happy that you got your bite checked out and got antibiotics for it. You don't want to ignore something like that.
chisue
16 years ago
C'mon, you can tell us. No way did you buy that beautiful chair for $25! Oh...you DID? Wow! I may have to start going to sales.

DH had a pinprick while trimming a shrub one summer. He never saw the spider, but a few hours later he had a large red swelling on his arm. I called our doc and described the 'bulls-eye' bite. He said to ignore it -- just a spider bite, blah, blah, blah. I called the poison hotline and THEY said he should be seen. I called the entomology department at the Field Museum and that man said not to wait a minute, to GO and get started on antibiotics.

Even with antibiotics the tissue around the bite turned black and died -- about the size of a fifty cent piece. Finally it sloughed off and new tissue grew to fill in the cavity. In about six weeks it was healing nicely. We don't live in 'brown recluse' territory, but bugs can hitch rides and turn up anywhere! Spiders may be small, but they can make you darn sick.
kacram
16 years ago
very nice! good deals.. I 'm glad your spider bite is
okay!

Oh,, by the way, I'm gonna tell your DH! nanananana
kacram
16 years ago
oh, i forgot to ask...
How is your foot?
kacram
16 years ago
Liz, Liz, Liz.. .HOW IS YOUR FOOT?
kacram
16 years ago
Liz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
liz
Original Author
16 years ago
oh Kat!!...the foot is all healed...I broke it on March 15th and I went back to work April 18th...I wore the boot cast for three weeks and stayed on the couch and only took it off to shower...In three weeks I went back to the doc and he couldn't even believe I was healed or healed enough to go back to work...He says I heal faster then any other patient he has...and he said it was as healed as it was gonna be and I didn't even need PT...so I was thrilled...I don't like or have time for lounging around!!

I've had enough injuries for the decade...(and if you tell I'll bop you one!!)

This spider bite is about the size of a pencil eraser and about that deep...it's gonna leave a nasty ole scar and I HATE HATE HATE these antibods...they make me sooo nauseous and puky for about an hour after I take them...but the alternative is a whole lot worse...I'm glad I went when I did...

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