Hives

The past few weeks have been sweltering here in Fort Wayne, so we took advantage of this and went swimming at our friends' in-ground pool.

The water was perfect, they had a diving board and slide, and it was a blast. We were getting ready to leave, so I decided to go down the slide one last time. As I was pouring more water on the slide, I must have enraged a few hornets that nested underneath, because I felt a stabbing pain on my chest. Sure enough, I looked down and saw two angry hornets.

I felt fine all the way home, and since I'd never had a reaction to stings before, I wasn't worried. However, as we were eating dinner, my brother exclaimed, "What's wrong with your face?" I felt my forehead, where huge hives were swelling up. My mom also noticed several hives on my arms and legs. Seriously alarmed now, my mom called the doctor. He said to simply give my an antihistamine pill and the hives will be gone by tomorrow. However, the hives were maddeningly itchy, and they covered my entire body. I was extremely uncomfortable, not to mention my eyes were nearly swollen shut.

I laid down at 7:00, and when I awoke, all the hives had, thankfully, disappeared. I've certainly learned a lesson from this: hornets are no good.