Funny you should mention poison ivy/oak.
In 10th grade, my parents asked me to cut the lawn. It was a big lawn and I was out most of the afternoon doing it with a push mower.
I had on shoes, socks, jeans, t-shirt and a sweat jacket that I zipped up to my neck.
Only my hands, neck and face were exposed.
I think you know where this is going. :lol:
That's right. Severe poison ivy all over my face, in my eyes, my nose, my lips, in my mouth, my neck, my ears and in the part of my hair.
I was so blistered and swollen, I looked like Rocky after his fight with Apollo Creed. I could not open my eyes. If I wanted to see anything, I had to physically hold my eyes open with my fingers.
And so I stood at my mom's bed early Monday morning when she was waking up holding my eyes open. I said, "mom, do I have to go to school today?"
When she looked, she jumped with a gasp in shock. She took me to the doctor that day and he gave me a shot of cortizone and a prescription and the swelling went down almost immediately. I had to go to school the next day.
Bright side? They never asked me to cut the grass again.
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