Dang misquitoes

I escaped the beach with little to no bites. Probably because I lived in the same clothes for four days, just freshening the Deet each day several times saturating the clothes to keep the bugs at bay. Thursday night my lovely husband called from his favorite hangout and invited me to join him for a drink at the club. I change into a cute little outfit I had bought during my thrift store shopping and hurry to join him. It is a lovely warm night. We are sitting outside on the patio. I can feel the mosquitoes biting me. They are biting me through the seat of my chair, nice open weave giving them access to my rear end and thighs.

I mention to Tom I am being eaten alive. At first I don't want to leave the existing party and head inside, but the bugs win as I do not have my defensive spray on. Too late do we take action. By morning the bites are in full bloom. By mid afternoon the bites have merged into enormous infected cellulitis. I seem to be allergic to bug bites. Its the same kind of huge hard hot mass as I had last spring when doing yard work and I was bitten. The back of both thighs have three inch round welts and my rump did not escape. I dowsed myself with Benidril and Hydrocortizone cream.

I slept due to the Benidril for a good day on and off. When ever I got itchy I would take the recommended dose and slather on the hydrocortizone cream. A half hour later I was looking for a quiet place to nap. The welts were no better two days later so I called the doctor Saturday morning. It is always Urgent care hours when we need the doctor. Of course the office would not prescribe the antibiotics that they gave me last time without seeing me,  so an hour later I am in the office. I am an hour early as I told the receptionist, if I waited for the appointed time,  I would have taken another Benidril for the itching and slept through the appointment. As a result they got me in quickly.

 I flipped up my skirt for the doctor. She saw the huge spots and wrote me my prescription. Took less than five minutes of her time to confirm what I had told her and cost me what ever they are going to charge me for a trip to urgent care, but I got my prescription. I asked her what am I to do now that I seem to have developed a sensitivity to bug bites. She said use lots of bug off and wash with antibacterial soap when bitten and hope that works. It will be irritating if I have to drop by the office every time a bug bite goes bad on me just to get the antibiotic.