OH. MY. GOSH!
Derek, my dear, sweet, handsome husband has a raging case of Poison Ivy. Poor guy! He was chopping down a tree(such a burly stud! )...and unbeknownst to him, the tree was also covered in the death ivy. Lo and behold, a few days later and he has this wicked rash on his arms (Mostly. There are some small patches on his thigh and chest) and it is just miserable. Thank GOD, Poison Ivy is not contagious from person to person and I didn't touch the stuff. We have a prescription steroid cream that we had used for Brennan in the past (he gets eczema on his legs) that seems to be helping some for this particular bout with contact dermatitis. However, I, in my current pregnant state am unable to touch the steroid cream because it specifically states that it is teratogenic (very bad) for pregnant women. We have been training Brennan in the fine art of steroid cream application. (Only kidding, of course!) Derek says that hot showers are the best relief he has found so far and I have offered to apply calamine lotion and rub his throat to help the benadryl go down. (Since he all but refuses to take pills with WATER...what in the world??!) Hopefully my husband will be on the mend soon!
So this is my suggestion to all of you reader (that's right...all ONE of you...) if you see this:
STAY AWAY! You will rue the day you ever thought "Poison Ivy" was pretty if you don't...you have been warned.
*Perhaps Derek was drawn to Poison Ivy because the cartoon version has red hair and he clearly has a thing for redheads...
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