as stated in my last post, i climbed mount rainier last week - for a second time. and for the second time, i wound up in the ER.
reminder: almost two summers ago, i had signed up to climb mount rainier with a guide company. in preparation, i joined crossfit and got into crazy shape! however, 100 push-ups, 100 pull-ups, and 100 squats sent me to the ER with severe muscle breakdown in my arms leading to rhabdomyelisis. i could have permanently damaged my kidneys. but thankfully, after 5 days in the hospital, and a month or so of recovery, i was fine. i am fine. but i did not get to climb rainier.
last summer, the mountain and i got along, fairly well. it must have been the therapy i attended between summers to mend our broken relationship! i summited mount rainier last summer. we seemed to respect one another on my climb. and although i felt extremely proud of my accomplishment, i vowed to only visit the mountain's lower-lands in the future.
rewind to last week. as previously mentioned, for some crazy reason, i decided to test our tumultuous relationship. i went on a 3 day date with rainier. and have since decided, we're broken up. forever. i descended the mountain on friday morning. it was fast, sliding thousands of feet on my poor little behind. i hate glissading. but i made it safely, in one piece, to the parking lot. with only a few itchy bug bites and incredibly sore quadricep muscles.
fast forward. to friday night. a bug bite on my hand began to swell. it was itchy. most bug bites are, right? but by night time, i started to worry. i was losing definition of my hand. my skin grew taut and uncomfortable. my handsome boyfriend, a PA student, decided i should probably go to the ER. not wanting to make a big deal of nothing, i decided to sleep on it. if it was worse in the AM, sure, i would go! 4:30 in the morning came quickly. and with that, came the realization that something was seriously wrong. my hand had doubled in size. i had an infection of some sort. and since i've seen too many cases of flesh eating bacteria (necrotizing fasciatis) leading to amputations, i decided not to mess around. my eager to learn boyfriend and i went to the ER at my place of employment. i was treated quickly and efficiently (maybe because it was serious, maybe because i'm an employee). i got an IV dose of serious antibiotics and was started on four times daily oral antibiotics.
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