War Wounds

What is it with our left eyes? Could it be because we are both right-handed, so throwing a punch to the left eye is only natural? Guess we know who-hit-who harder, McKay definitely looks worse! :-) Just kidding! McKay's black-eye was from a sports injury a few years ago, but I had to resurrect the picture because I didn't want to post one hideous picture of me in all my glory by myself! My swollen eye happened this morning...

I was out for my morning run, when my eyes started to feel incredibly itchy. I tried to ignore the minor annoyance because I am allergic to about every tree, grass, weed etc...so such symptoms are not out of the ordinary for me. Soon enough, I was having trouble opening my eyes far enough to actually see the road in front of me and my arm was covered in hives. At this point I decided to head for home because I knew something was wrong. I also have a severe peanut allergy, however I was not having shortness of breath so I decided to just run home. I tried calling McKay as soon as I got home because he was playing basketball and I didn't know where but of course, NO ANSWER. I called my Allergist, who told me to come straight to the office. I didn't want to drive myself because of my limited vision, so I was absolutely relieved when McKay finally answered his cell phone. We drove up to the doctors office (thank goodness they work on Saturdays) and the doctor took care of me....This photo was taken on the car ride home, so the swelling had gone down significantly.

Anyway, what was the reaction all about? Add another allergy to the list for the "Allergy Girl" because I can no longer take Ibuprofen or any other OTC anti-inflammatory. At least it isn't an allergy to running!