Jeezzzzzzz. This was so stupid. I was in the shower when I noticed that both my arms had turned blue. At first I thought it was a shadow so I put my arm in the light. Nope, definitely I was blue. It wasn't my whole arms but the inside of my arms and I could clearly see where the blue ended and the white began.
I kinda start getting a bit of anxiety and quickly finish my shower, get out, dry off and get dressed.
I checked my arms. Still blue. Well maybe it's my eyes. I call John who is out bunked in my RV for a few days. He came to get my cargo trailer to get his daughter and boyfriend moved out to CA. He decided to stay a few days and help me out around here and take a bit of a vacation.
Anyway he comes in the house lickety split and sure enough tells me I'm turning blue although as he's color blind he could be lying.
He goes back out and I'm looking on the web to see if there is anything. I know about the blue people of Kentucky but they are born that way - a genetic thing and I'm not related in any way to them anyway.
I find all kinds of things on the web- heart attack, loss of oxygen, blood clots. Oh hell I start breathing a little funny and I'm moving to get to my car. I call John again and he's with me in a minute and we are headed to the ER.
Luckily I live in a small town and the longest Ive waited in the ER is about 15 minutes. This time, with me turning into a smurf, I don't have to wait at all.
Back to the room they save for the critical ER cases and on the bed I go. The nurse is telling me to stay calm and I am although my anxiety level is peaked.
She gets me hooked up and asks me a million questions which I try to answer. No, I haven't eaten anything weird or gotten into anything today, no not allergic to anything but sulpha drugs, no I haven't been bit, etc.
The doc comes in, a very friendly guy I've met before. He asks me a few questions then I get to see pics of his little boy and eclipse photos he took on his phone. He asks me questions in Spanish (this is a small town) and I answer them. Pretty much the same questions asked by the nurse. He tells me he's never seen anything like this but he's going to run blood tests and also order an ultrasound to check for blood clots.
He leaves and I can see him out there on the phone making phone calls - yep, about the blue lady.
After awhile the guy shows up to draw blood. He takes one look at my arm and asks me what was I doing when I noticed this and a few more things. I ask if he's seen this before and he says yes then gets his little swab out for my arm so he can stick me with that big needle. He swabs and looks at the swab.... blue comes off. Oh hell! WTF! I'm now starting to turn red. I look over at Gotsmart and he's cracking up. I snap the photo of him laughing like crazy.
More swabs come out and more blue comes off... I tell the vampire he better go tell the doc. I look over at Gotsmart and he's busy typing away with a giant grin on his face.
The doc comes in laughing and cracking jokes. He puts his hand under the little machines they use to wash their hands as they go in and out of rooms and gets a bunch of the foam, slaps it on my arm and roughly rubs it in and tells me to wipe my arm on the sheet. Off comes the blue.
They said it could be iron in the water but I'm remembering wearing a new blue shirt that hasn't been washed and that's from Walmart.... I was out all day in it even mowing and sweating.. jeez. John will be coming inside soon and his coffee might be spiked with food coloring...
The maid will be here in about an hour and she's pretty clever. Between both of us we will think of some way to get back at Gotsmart for that giant laugh at me. He couldn't stop and I thought he was going to pee his pants. He's had it.
