Adventures in {The Hives}: Me

So after the fiasco of the funky flu,
I got a mild case of it.
It culminated with these babies.

Yep, those are hives.
Just when I thought I was getting better,
and was busting out my dance moves playing Just Dance!
with the kids one evening, these little beauties showed up on my elbows.

I think they started on my head Wednesday during the day.
Wednesday evening when Will got home he said -
What happened to your elbows?
And it was all downhill from there.

Thursday morning I woke up believing I was almost healed.
Just a few itchies behind my ears.
But by Thursday afternoon they were covering my face and torso.


Thursday evening I was one giant hive.
I thought I was going to die.
No amount of oral or topical Benadryl was bringing me any relief.
I even had them on the palms of my hands.
So around 10pm I hopped in a {COLD} shower.
I {LOATHE} cold showers,
but I knew it would probably bring some relief.
I crawled into bed, down a final dose of Benadryl
and hoped the drugs were overtake me.

They did and when I awoke at 8am,
groggy and sluggish,
it appeared that the hives were receding.
Hallelujah!
I had them on my feet and behind my ears,
but most of them had disappeared.
By Saturday afternoon they were only a memory.

Was it stress?
Almond milk?
The flu?
Only the hives know and
I hope they don't come back anytime soon to let me know.