A Medical Emergency

On Wednesday afternoon of this week I got a bug bite on my wrist. On Thursday morning it was very swollen and throughout the day a thin red line made it's way up my arm along one of my veins. By the evening the line was to my elbow. I was somewhat concerned about it so I emailed my sister Shannon who is a nurse and sent her a picture. Shannon was very concerned about the bite and said I should take an antibiotic. Luckily here in Peru you can get just about any medicine you want without a prescription, so on Thursday night we bought Ampicilina (very similar to Penicillin) to fight the infection. On Friday Shannon showed the picture to ER doctors at Primary Children's Medical Center and they said I should be admitted to an emergency room right away! Turns out a swollen bug bite with a red line moving towards your body is a medical emergency and can result in a serious infection! Luckily by that point the swelling had already gone way down and the line was almost nonexistent. I feel very blessed that nothing serious happened! I'm sorry to all our family members who were stressed by the situation!