Okay, this picture does not do the bite justice. As the story goes...Sydney, Josie & their cousins Dani & Tara were boogie boarding fairly far out & I heard what I thought was happy screaming! As the girls starting coming towards the shoreline , I could not determine if it was laughter or crying...if it was Josie or Sydney (also how many times a day do we hear "mom, I need you" when it turns out to be a minor incident). Sydney had gotten stung by some sea critter. Her leg was grossly swollen, dozens of pin prick dots on her knees & a raised line that had wrapped around her leg a few times. I have to say she handled it extremely well, but she was definitely hurting. We tried benedryll for the swelling, vinegar to neutralize the sting- without much success. Drawing on a "Friends" episode we convinced Griffin to pee on her leg & voila...the swelling went down & she started to feel some relief. Griffin has a small bladder, so we needed more contributions (anonymous of course)...so a few more applications & all Sydney had left was the marks of the tentacles! A few more in our group got stung over the next few days...most of us chose to just dip our feet in the ocean instaed of going for a swim!
Okay, this picture does not do the bite justice. As the story goes...Sydney, Josie & their cousins Dani & Tara were boogie boarding fairly far out & I heard what I thought was happy screaming! As the girls starting coming towards the shoreline , I could not determine if it was laughter or crying...if it was Josie or Sydney (also how many times a day do we hear "mom, I need you" when it turns out to be a minor incident). Sydney had gotten stung by some sea critter. Her leg was grossly swollen, dozens of pin prick dots on her knees & a raised line that had wrapped around her leg a few times. I have to say she handled it extremely well, but she was definitely hurting. We tried benedryll for the swelling, vinegar to neutralize the sting- without much success. Drawing on a "Friends" episode we convinced Griffin to pee on her leg & voila...the swelling went down & she started to feel some relief. Griffin has a small bladder, so we needed more contributions (anonymous of course)...so a few more applications & all Sydney had left was the marks of the tentacles! A few more in our group got stung over the next few days...most of us chose to just dip our feet in the ocean instaed of going for a swim!
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