Rachael Vs. Wasp/Hornet: Verdict...Wasp/Hornet

This past Monday I decided to head out on my road bike for a ride. Right off the bat a hornet or wasp, I am not sure which, flew into one of the holes on my helmet and stung/bit me at least four times. I ripped off my helmet and glasses as fast as I could to get the darn thing to stop. It stung a bit, but wasn't too bad, so I continued and finished my ride I had set out on.

It was later that night that it really started to affect me. In the middle of the night I started to run a fever, got really achy with a constant headache, and worst of all felt really nauseous. I pretty much did not sleep past that point, and was not feeling in any condition to go to work later in the morning. As Tyler was leaving, he pretty much told me to go see the Dr.

Around 6:45 a.m. I texted the dentist I work for and told him about this weird reaction I was having. I figured it was either linked to the hornet/wasp, or I have the swine flu! Not really, I pretty much knew it was the wasp/hornet. My dentist was so good, and actually got me a Dr.'s appt. with a family physician that is in our same medical complex. That way if I was feeling better after I saw him, I would already be close to work.

The Dr. pretty much couldn't say that it was directly related or not, because it is not a common reaction, since it was not allergic in nature at all. He wrote me two prescriptions, one for a steroid, which I was not about to take in case I was just coincidentally sick because that would suppress my immune system, and one for an anti-nausea because that was bothering me the most. So much that I could only sit/stand for a few minutes at a time. I ended up not filling either, I wanted to wait it out as long as I could to see if it would pass.

After the appt. I was actually feeling worse, so the dentist called in a temp to cover my patients for the day. I felt so nauseous that I had to drive with my seat as far back as possible and still able to see the road. I had not eaten anything, but was feeling like I really needed liquids. I went straight to my mom and dad's house because I knew my mom had sprite there, you know how that helps settle your stomach!

I crashed on the couch there most of the day, and my sweet mom took care of me until about 4:00 that afternoon when I finally made my way home. I was actually feeling much better by then. I knew at this point it was related to the wasp/hornet because it was so short lived.

Now here it is Wednesday and I am almost feeling 100%, but half of my forehead and down to my ear is swollen. Which is weird, because I got attacked more so on the top of my head. I guess gravity works that way though. It isn't that noticeable, until you really look at it. I look like I had a face lift gone bad!

I know these pics are creepy, but they give the jist.

Green River

The Green River has always been a hot spot that we usually hit a few times each summer, but since we moved to Idaho Tyler has only been once and I haven't been at all in the past two summers. So we were excited to get out there this past weekend. It was good to be able to go with Tyler's parents, and good friend Mike Thayne.

We headed out Friday after work and got to camp around 9:00. We got things situated, then went to bed early, so we could get out on the river early on Saturday. Saturday morning we had a good breakfast and got on the river around 9:00 a.m. We spent most of the day on the river, and it was such a great day. We thought we may get some rain, but it was beautiful. Not too hot, not too cold!

The river fluctuated quite a bit between the morning and afternoon, we started out at around 800 cfs and by the afternoon it was somewhere around 2800 cfs. So the fishing was a bit difficult. When we got off the river, there was a van with the alarm going off in the parking lot, and I guess the keys to it were back at the put in. So we ended up giving the dad a ride back to the dam to get the keys, which meant we missed out on our ice cream cone that we always get afterward!

We got back to camp, had showers, then Tyler and I went over to this little bouldering rock nearby to climb around a bit. As we were approaching the rock we saw some marmots and I got as close as I could to get a picture. They were actually pretty cute, but are a bit hard to pick out in the picture below, there are two in there. It soon got dark and we went back to the trailer, watched a movie, and fell asleep.

Sunday we woke up, had breakfast, and then closed up camp for the most part. Tyler, Mike, and Alan (Tyler's dad) were going to run the river one more time, while Diane (Tyler's mom) and I were going to do the shuttle and head back home so I could teach our little sunbeams. It really worked out great, so that they could get a little more fishing in, and we did not have to get a sub.

The boys did run into a bit of rain on Sunday, but still had fun with a few fish caught. My only disappointment about the trip was that I did not catch any fish. It was the first time ever that I have been there and not caught any fish, so I am anxious to get back there to redeem myself!

Tyler's catch of the day!
Can you see the marmots?