What the shit...ANT BITES?!?

Sooo me, Bree, Nigel, Nic and Sileaha hit the pool on Saturday. As soon as we get I put my stuff (i.e. shoes, phone, shirt, etc) on the pool chair. As I'm standing there, my feet begin to tingle. I look down and what looked like an entire ant colony covering my feet! I did like any regular person would and swatted them shits and went in the water to get the rest off them off. Not that easy...

I didn't think anything of because I been bitten by ants before and nothing happened. I was cool for the next 15 minutes, all of a sudden I felt the urge to cough. I still wasn't worried about it. Then, out of the blue, I feel my face get hot and swollen. Not knowing what I looked I immediately got out of the pool and went to Nic's house to check my face out. I look in the mirror and I damn near look like fuckin' Craig Mack!!!

I'm talking nose swollen, lip, eyes, basically everything on my face. I popped 2 Benedryl immediately. That's when I start to have a mini panic attack. You gotta understand, my immune system has always been A1, I RARELY get sick, I've never broken a broken, anything. By this time Nigel is driving me back to my house, I can barely breathe, my eyes are swollen shut, I'm itching like crazy. I'm praying to God like "Please don't me die" lol. I get home and all I can do is sit an wait for the Benedryl to take over. That was THE LONGEST 3 hours of my life. 

Everybody that was at the pool came to house. Obviously, I was going through some physical stuff but I was still watching how Bree was acting, considering the circumstances. Now, if she would've dipped out and went home while I was going through this, it would've been a wrap for her. But she stayed though, that's important because most of the other chicks that I've "talked" to before wouldn't have. So she got some points on that one. We'll see how that goes.

After looking up the symptoms, I found out I had an anaphalactic allergic reaction which means the minute amount of venom from the ant bites caused by the release of mediators from certain types of white blood cells triggered either by immunologic or non-immunologic mechanisms. Symptoms typically include generalized hives, itchiness, flushing or swelling of the lips.  Other features may include a runny nose and swelling of the eyelids. After being over 50 times, the venom caused my immune system to overreact, basically. I'm just thankful I'm fine now, my feet are still a little swollen and itchy from the bites but besides that I'm fine. I'm dodging ant for the rest of my life though!!!!