Comments on: Typhoid Edith

By: El

El — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:52:34 +0000

Oh Pamela certainly that beats the little bubbles on my wrist certainly!! Oy!

Alecto, I laughed pretty hard too. I got it for the first time the WINTER of our first being here: I pruned the grapevines plus I guess a few more other vines. Ick.

Ang, doesn’t it suck? (Though I am really just laughing at Tom: he has it on his chest, back and really quite bad on his arm.)

Yipes, Laura, I never encountered the stuff in MN, even with all the hiking I did.

Jules, ah, but she’s such a dear cat. Just gotta remember to wash our hands afterward. And keep our shirts on.

Katie: Hah! Should’ve put a warning in there…

Jennifer, yeah, nothing so dire as typhoid here; just the little itchy blisters.

A. Laurene, I know! (And I changed the caption: I suppose it could look like we were going to poison her. She’s far too valuable for poisoning. You should see what she caught in the old greenhouse this weekend.) But yes I did end up going to the doc for meds the first time I got it. Pretty awful stuff.

Thanks, John! I love that kooky tree. It’s getting taken down late this fall, though (power line issue).

CC: well, we’ve learned our lesson. But she seriously is the most valuable little barncat, and so sweet. Just…don’t touch anything after you pet her.

By: cookiecrumb

cookiecrumb — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:39:25 +0000

Oh dear. That cat would have to go. I get poison ivy (and here in CA, poison oak) SO BAD that… the cat would have to go.
Or come inside, all cleaned up, and never go out again.
Best wishes.

By: John A. Abel

John A. Abel — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:19:19 +0000

Well despite kitty giving the itch that is a really cool picture!

By: Laurene

Laurene — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:53:02 +0000

I am, perhaps, one of the most freaked out people I know when it comes to poison ivy (no, really, I have a total psychotic fear of it), so I sympathize with you. If it gets bad, go to a doctor for some meds that will clear it up quick.

On the other hand, you wouldn’t really poison that cute little kitty, would you??

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:51:10 +0000

Ugh! Thanks for going before and giving a heads up, I had no idea a cat’s fur could carry the oil home.

Before the picture loaded all the way I thought there was a present day Typhoid Mary in Michigan…glad to hear it is only poison ivy, or maybe dying of typhoid has it’s glory in the middle of mad itching!

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:24:24 +0000

Oh no! That last line almost had me spitting my drink up.

Well done. Feel better soon!

By: jules

jules — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:49:03 +0000

OMGosh, I’m laughing over here too! Sorry.

Here kitty kitty.

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:45:38 +0000

So glad I no longer live somewhere that has real problems with poison ivy and poison oak.

Hope you stop itching soon!

By: farm mom

farm mom — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:38:22 +0000

Ugh, I’m right there itchin’ with you my friend. Went fishin’ last week and brought home more than fish!! Ugh!

By: Alecto

Alecto — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:13:37 +0000

This explains everything. Can’t wait to tell my husband where his poison ivy came from and why it’s so bad. (and I am awful and laughing my head off)

By: Pamela

Pamela — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:10:12 +0000

I can relate. Last fall I carelessly dried my rainsoaked dogs with a towel that had been left on the porch rack. It was fall; I wasn’t thinking about poison ivy. A few days later I had to give a stenciling estimate with a face swollen with poison ivy. I looked like I had been in a battle. It was not my best presentation.