

Well I am on my second day of the oral steroid prednisone. I woke up yesterday and couldn’t hardly open my eyes, so had to go to the doctor. I got poison ivy during our annual Bruneau Canyon camping trip on September 22nd. So I am coming up on 5 weeks of rash, which will probably end up being 6 weeks and is unusual. I was almost healed and then vaguely remember scratching this dead looking patch on my right inner elbow, and I think it released a pocket of the ivy resin under the skin, kind of like bruising a tattoo or something. Anyway it went into my system and my head swelled up like a pumpkin! Also washed the sheets almost that same day, so I think some resin got on the pillowcase. I have elephant ears now too.
So I’m just going to list what to do and not to do:

