Ping Ping the T-Rex brought low by the leaf
September 6th, 2006 by Atomictumor
This has happened before, but this time we’re providing you with nasty photographic evidence:
Poor ol’ Pigpen went on a hike while camping last weekend, and got nailed. He came back with three bumps, which we assumed were bug bites, because who ever heard of poison ivy reactions within 10 minutes?
Not I.
But, well, we were wrong. So today good ol’ Pigpen is starting antibiotics for the impetigo that has cropped up, as well as cortizone for the bumps themselves.
Hes a trooper.
September 6th, 2006 at 11:22 am
According to the website Joel sent over, Pigpen falls into the 15 percent of allergic Americans who are so allergic that blisters and swelling show up within hours instead of days of coming into contact. It (the website) urges emergency care for them.
And according to the doc we saw today, every subsequent break-out is worse than the one before. I hope like hell he was wrong, because if he’s reacting so badly at the age of four, where does that leave us in a few years?
September 6th, 2006 at 11:23 am
And I would also like to point out that in the picture on the left, Pigpen is roaring like a dinosaur, not screaming in pain.
September 6th, 2006 at 11:55 am
“where does that leave us in a few years?”
Picking out plastic bubbles.
September 6th, 2006 at 12:47 pm
Poor guy…hope this stuff clears up soon. If it were me my wife would have to duct tape some soft mitten to my hands. I would be scratching like crazy.
September 6th, 2006 at 12:59 pm
Poison ivy is bad! I always get bad cases of it - the bumps, blisters and hives - and there is no shortage of the supply around my house. It’s pointless right now, but at the start of next spring I’m going to try some of that ivy killer stuff I’ve seen at home depot.
When I was a little older than him, I touched something I was allergic to - didn’t know it then but through allergy tests it was deemed to be mold. My hands erupted with tiny little blisters which all eventually popped and I was left with raw, tender hands. The skin from the popped blisters eventually peeled and for a while I had really shiney new skin. I had to wear white cotton gloves for like 3 weeks while I was healing. Allergies suck.
September 6th, 2006 at 1:41 pm
Dude, that does suck. I did the allergy test where they pop you full of allergens and find out which bump gets the biggest, but I’ve never been really bad allergic to things.
September 6th, 2006 at 6:51 pm
I’m afraid that Pigpen gets his allergy (to poison ivy) from me, as does MastaG. All three of us require medical intervention to get rid of the damn stuff. AT is of hardy stock and rarely gets sick or has a reaction to anything.
Fortunately, the kids aren’t allergic to other things that I am, like trees and grass and apples and corn and mold and pollen and rocks and stuff. I’m allergic to damn near everything.
September 7th, 2006 at 2:55 pm
Just found out that tomorrow’s PingPing’s school picture day. It’s sure to be a beaut!
September 7th, 2006 at 7:39 pm
Picture day always comes at the best of times…
how’s PingPing doing now?
September 7th, 2006 at 7:40 pm
He’s ducky and soaking in the tub. He’s looking pretty rough, but feeling well.
Getting him to clean the playroom’s a bitch, though.
September 8th, 2006 at 12:23 pm
Poor guy! I recall getting it that bad (except my eye was swollen completely shut) as a child, but I haven’t had it in years. At least he got to go to the doctor, back in the day I had to suffer thru with just my calamine lotion and a prayer. Hope he feels better soon!!