Guys,
I don’t know why, but bugs have a vendetta against me personally and have been at war against me since November 2015 to present. As you all know, on my race I had Dengue Fever, a disease contracted by a mosquito bite, but what you may not know is that I am SUPER allergic to bees as well. If you didn’t know my little “bee” fact… don’t feel out of the loop, because until February 29th, I didn’t know either… Here is the story:
It was the end of all squad month in Nicaragua, my co-leader Kevin and I had just returned to the project we were staying at from our trip taking care of a squad member in another city, and we were ready to jump back into ministry with the teams.
As a SQL, we partner with different teams each week and do ministry along side of them. I was partnered with Team Radiant. It was our second day going into the community and we were visiting the homes of sick church members. We had visited 2 houses earlier in the day, and in the afternoon, we visited another community.
It’s actually a beautiful story of how Olivia connected with the woman at the house we had visited, and you can find the story here: http://oliviareed.theworldrace.org/?filename=a-queen-of-hearts
But unfortunately their final visit was cut short by one little, obnoxious, demon of a bee, who decided it was a good idea to sting me in the back of my arm.
Now, I know I had an aversion to bees before this incident. I had been stung twice before, but both instances produced only a headache, nausea, and discomfort. But THIS time, that was only the beginning.
The second I was stung, I knew I needed Benadryl, sooner rather than later to have a shot at dimming down what I knew would be a horrible headache. However, the Benadryl did not help, and not only did I get dizzy and nauseous, but my throat closed up, my chest got tight, I had a hard time breathing, my brain was fuzzy, I was shaky, super super swollen, and weak… according to the Doctor at the project, I basically was 15 minutes away from anaphylactic shock.
So I was rushed to the hospital, was pumped full of hydrocortisone and a few other meds for 18 hours, and was sent back to the ministry to sleep for the rest of the month. I now have 2 new friends on loan from a squad mate that I now always carry with me named epi & pen!
Honestly, I have very few memories of all of this, so I am sorry if my account of my own life seems second hand! Huge thanks to the people at Love Nicaragua, my co-leaders, and one of the team leaders who took care of me in the hospital, told my parents what happened, and made sure I was healing up nicely.
When I get to the States, I‘ll get it checked out more in depth, maybe I’ll even get a epi-pen of my very own! …I know this doesn’t have any deep thoughts attached to it, or any huge lessons learned! But I just thought I would share my experiences, life, and newly found allergies with you! ‘Cause you’re my supporters and why not!
Love well,
Molly Fae
