So, as I’m sure many of you have heard by now, I (Deb) was bitten by a spider on my leg and have been undergoing some pretty painful visits to the Dr’s office to have the bite lanced, cleaned of dying/dead tissue, and packed with gauze. I won’t go into all of the details – they are just too gory for a blog post, but I will let you know that I am doing fine and that I am well on the road to recovery. I have been going to the Dr’s office daily to have ‘the hole in my leg’ (as I now woefully call the site of the bite) cleaned and re-packed with gauze, but I was told today that I can scale back my visits to every 3 days! Yippee!!
I think the fact that Ashton now calls me ‘Spiderwoman’ makes this whole ordeal just a little bit cool. At least to a three year old. To the rest of us, this ordeal is a reminder of one of Dad’s favourite Shakey quotes, “Security is mortals’ chiefest enemy”. Yes, we live in Africa and we can never forget that things are just a bit different here no matter how ‘at home’ we feel.
I think the fact that Ashton now calls me ‘Spiderwoman’ makes this whole ordeal just a little bit cool. At least to a three year old. To the rest of us, this ordeal is a reminder of one of Dad’s favourite Shakey quotes, “Security is mortals’ chiefest enemy”. Yes, we live in Africa and we can never forget that things are just a bit different here no matter how ‘at home’ we feel.
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Me and the wound before packing it with gauze. It looks so benign in the picture – and I appear to be smiling, but it’s a disguise. |
