Okay, now for the bad news. This week I found out that I have allergies. It's not your normal allergies, it's a special allergy. And to tell the truth, I'm not really sure if it is an allergy. But anyway, I'll explain what happened.
It all started Monday morning when I was noticing this itchy bumps on my elbows. I just thought that they were mosquito bites so I didn't pay attention. Well that night we had our family night with a member. I had been really hungry all day long and so I ate so much that night. The food was crab, chicken, rice, and some other things. It was one of the first times that I have eaten crab and it was definitely the first time that I had eaten that much.
Missionary moment. It was past nine when we left the members house and so we biked home as quickly as possible. Such a classic missionary thing. Anyway, we got home and I noticed that my arms had this huge bumps that were really itchy. My companion told me that they were hives. I called the mission nurse and we just thought it was because of the crab. She told me to sleep on it and that she would stop by in the morning to look at it. I put some cream on it and went to bed. That was a rough night. I remember waking up with this giant bump on my wrist and having really itchy elbows.
When I woke up in my morning my hands felt a little funny and when I looked at them they had swollen to twice their normal size. What!?! It was crazy. The mission nurse gave me some allergy pills and I took a nap to recover from the long night. So that day we went out and worked and my hands went back to normal so we thought that all was good.
The week went on and nothing too big happened but randomly I would have spots on my arms swell up and get hives. On Saturday it was the most obvious when I touched something to my lip and it started to swell up. I then put my ring on my arm and after a few minutes the outline of the ring swelled up and got really itchy. I called the mission nurse again. She told me that it might be because of this new medication that I have been taking. She advised me to stop taking it and that we would go to the doctor today to see what's up.
So long story short I have stopped taking my medication and we will visit the doctor eventually to see what's up.
Yeah. That was the excitement of my week. Along with 14 cancellations and 9 lessons with investigators, and the continued apartment searching. It was a pretty rough week. But I am still happy to be out here. We'll just have to see what the next week brings! I can't wait!
Family, and friends, I love you all. I hope you all are happy and doing well
Love,
Elder Squires
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| My hand vs. my companion's hand. |
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| We went hiking.... |
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| A short cut in our area. It is so steep you have to use a rope |
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