The day before yesterday, I started to get an itchy rash in a few spots on my stomach and wrists. I had no idea what it was until yesterday, when it had very clearly developed into poison ivy!
Without fail, I get poison ivy at least a few times during the summer but we are in the middle of a New England winter! There's a ton of snow on the ground! Where was this poison ivy coming from?
Thanks to some wise friends on Facebook, I realised that I most likely got it from handling Lucy's hay. No clue how it got on my stomach, but I guess that a few pieces of hay could have gotten up under my shirt. The whole thing is crazy, especially because I am on the last ten bales of a 50 bale delivery and this is the first time I've had an issue with it. One of my friends noted that poison ivy can grow along the edge of a field and it is very possible that just one or two of the bales that I got have the weeds in there. She also said that the vines can retain the irritating oils for months even after the plant itself is dead!
Just my luck :(
Ugh, that sucks!! I'm fiercely allergic to poison ivy, I couldn't imagine having it several times a year.
ReplyDeleteYuck!! I'm horribly allergic to it as well, so you have my deepest sympathies!!
ReplyDeleteUghhh!! That is horrible! You poor thing :(
ReplyDeleteIck how horrible, I'm very allergic to poison oak (west coasts version) so I have lots of sympathy!
ReplyDeleteouch...hope it heals quickly for you...sounds so itchy!
ReplyDeleteso annoying sorry to hear this :( I've never had poison Ivy but it sounds awful L(
ReplyDeleteI had my first ever encounter with poison ivy last summer (I'm British) through handling hay. I carried flakes of hay in my bare arms and that night it spread from my wrists up and kept spreading. Awful, horrible nasty stuff, I feel for you! Someone told me lye soap is the best thing to remove the oil from the blisters so I keep a bar in our medicine cabinet. Hope it heals soon.
ReplyDeleteHope the poison ivy is short lived :/
ReplyDeleteOh no! Poor you. I hope Lucy doesn't get any in her mouth with the hay.
ReplyDeleteI have had one very bad case of Poison Ivy one summer - never heard of getting it in the Winter. So sorry for you! Hope you have a good rememdy to clear it up quick!
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