Re: Bonnie's wasp bite

Agreed Bonnie and do keep us posted!

Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Judy L Browning
Sent: 7/12/2004 10:29:41 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] MOSQUITOES

> Oh oh Bonnie, better call & make an apointment for yourself. This could be a
> cellulitis ie nasty infection. My mom in law had a reaction like that to a
> sting & they gave her an IV antibiotic in the doctor's office before they
> would let her leave. Sent her home with instructions to come back for
> another dose if it wasn't better the next day. Nothing to fool around with
> hoping it will get better.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 8:09 PM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] MOSQUITOES
> 
> 
> > Thanks, Donna!  It is almost ready.  We are going to flatten out the catch
> > basins a bit and I'm trying to find stones to finish it off.  I've got
> "land
> > plants" from Wendy and from birthday gifts to do the plantings around it
> > when we get the rest of the "hardscape" in place.  (There hasn't been much
> > leisure time for doing such things for a number of days.)  It is wonderful
> > to hear the water when I'm outside and it actually feels cooler around the
> > little pond.
> >
> > As for the wasp sting, it appears to be "spreading" and getting worse.  I
> > was hoping to avoid a doctor's visit with all the time I'm taking for
> > mother's appointments.  However, allergies considered, I'd best show this
> to
> > Doc's nurse when I take mother in tomorrow for her tests.  It had been
> about
> > the size of a quarter and now the red has spread to the size of a good
> > grapefruit, is fire hot and itches like crazy.  (At least it didn't kick
> up
> > the asthma!)  :>D
> >
> > Blessings,
> > Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf
> > Of Donna
> > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 10:44 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] MOSQUITOES
> >
> > Hope that wasp bug bite is getting better! Those suckers hurt....
> >
> > How's the pond coming.... ready for plants yet?
> >
> > Donna
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > > Behalf Of Bonnie & Bill Morgan
> > > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 9:31 PM
> > > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > > Subject: RE: [CHAT] MOSQUITOES
> > >
> > > Have you tried Deep Woods Off?  It works pretty well, but don't get it
> > > around your eyes!!!
> > >
> > > Blessings,
> > > Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5) Who will be seeing the doctor tomorrow from a
> > wasp
> > > sting this weekend.  (I thought meat tenderizer was supposed to
> > neutralize
> > > the poison.  I had just run out of After-Bite.)
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > > Behalf
> > > Of gardenqueen@academicplanet.com
> > > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 10:34 PM
> > > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > > Subject: [CHAT] MOSQUITOES
> > >
> > > &#65279;OK, before these monsters carry me off, what do y'all use for
> > > mosquito
> > > repellant?
> > > I've been using the Avon Skin So Soft BugGuard plus w/ pretty good
> > results
> > > in
> > > past
> > > years, but this year??  Might as well sprinkle sugar water on myself
> > and
> > > glue
> > > little
> > > knives and forks to my skin and set the table.  Whacked one tonight
> > that
> > > was
> > > the
> > > size of a small wasp.  I don't know what the deal is but I'm getting
> > eaten
> > > alive.
> > > I was spraying myself earlier and before I got done, they were landing
> > on
> > > me
> > > and
> > > biting.  This has got to stop.
> > >
> > > Pam Evans
> > > Kemp, TX
> > > zone 8A
> > >
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