Today in History class I unexpectedly got super itchy all over my
body except for my legs. It was horrible! I asked my teacher if I could
go to the school nurse and he said that I should wait a few minutes (he
thought it may be allergies and that if I didn’t have trouble breathing I
was going to be okay). The trouble is, I’m not allergic to anything,
and I doubt I ever will be! After about five minutes, the itchiness all
over my body was gradually getting worse and I thought I would literally
scratch all of my skin off my body, I was so itchy. So I desperately
asked my teacher again if I could PLEASE go to the nurse (I was near
tears), and he still didn’t think it was worth missing the class. I
quote, “What would the nurse do to help you? Do you honestly think this
is worth missing the lesson for?” Of course, I didn’t really know how to
respond to this, so I just tried to keep quiet. Five minutes AFTER
THAT, I was practically crying as I asked my teacher if I could at least
go get a wet towel to dab on the rapidly spreading rash that covered my
arms, neck, and parts of my face. I could feel the rash spreading over
my stomach and back, but I knew it would look weird if I scratched
there.
Well anyway, my teacher said yes, and so I go up to go the bathroom. All
of a sudden, my friend that was sitting near to me called out, “Oh my
gosh, Sarah! I know why you’ve been so itchy! You have a bug on your
back.” Of course, an image entered my mind of a huge, gruesome, ugly
thing crawling all over me, and I started squealing, begging another
friend sitting nearby to “get it off me!”. Well, she flicked it off, and
I saw this tiny black caterpillar on the floor with a white streak
through it. All my friends nearby were totally creeped out and I was
also practically in tears. I rushed out of the room and to the bathroom,
where I stripped off my shirt, shook it out, and started dabbing at my
rashes with wet tissues. I was so horrified!
About a minute later I went back to class and made it through the rest
of the lesson pretty calmly, although I was still itching like CRAZY.
The wet cloths were helping a little bit, but I still had huge urges to
just rip my skin off my body. After history class, we had one more
period of the day, but I didn’t think I would be able to handle it
without taking a shower first. So I ran to the bathrooms again and took a
nice, amazing shower (thank goodness I had extra clothes from PE!).
After the shower, I was still itching, but I felt somewhat clean and a
little bit more calm about the current circumstances. Nevertheless, I
went to the school nurse (who was glad that I came because it could have
gotten really serious), and she put this cream all over me that made me
just go, ‘Aaaaah’. It was heaven. After that, I went back to math class
smelling like medicine but feeling a WHOLE lot better! Thank GOD for
school nurses! :)
Now I’m back home and I’m still itching in some places and I have tons
of dots and rashes all over my body. But I feel so much better and I’m
glad that this experience is all over and done with! I’ve lived here in
Cambodia my whole life and I’ve never gone through this before – it was a
nightmare!
Well anyway, my teacher said yes, and so I go up to go the bathroom. All of a sudden, my friend that was sitting near to me called out, “Oh my gosh, Sarah! I know why you’ve been so itchy! You have a bug on your back.” Of course, an image entered my mind of a huge, gruesome, ugly thing crawling all over me, and I started squealing, begging another friend sitting nearby to “get it off me!”. Well, she flicked it off, and I saw this tiny black caterpillar on the floor with a white streak through it. All my friends nearby were totally creeped out and I was also practically in tears. I rushed out of the room and to the bathroom, where I stripped off my shirt, shook it out, and started dabbing at my rashes with wet tissues. I was so horrified!
About a minute later I went back to class and made it through the rest of the lesson pretty calmly, although I was still itching like CRAZY. The wet cloths were helping a little bit, but I still had huge urges to just rip my skin off my body. After history class, we had one more period of the day, but I didn’t think I would be able to handle it without taking a shower first. So I ran to the bathrooms again and took a nice, amazing shower (thank goodness I had extra clothes from PE!). After the shower, I was still itching, but I felt somewhat clean and a little bit more calm about the current circumstances. Nevertheless, I went to the school nurse (who was glad that I came because it could have gotten really serious), and she put this cream all over me that made me just go, ‘Aaaaah’. It was heaven. After that, I went back to math class smelling like medicine but feeling a WHOLE lot better! Thank GOD for school nurses! :)
Now I’m back home and I’m still itching in some places and I have tons of dots and rashes all over my body. But I feel so much better and I’m glad that this experience is all over and done with! I’ve lived here in Cambodia my whole life and I’ve never gone through this before – it was a nightmare!