This was the evil carrotI’ve had three embarrassing and very painful experiences this past week. So I figured I’d share it in this blog so at least somebody will be entertained at my expense.
While we were in Idaho for the holidays, we went to a Thai restaurant with family. One of the things we ordered was a soup with spiciness rating of 4 (out of 4). I like spicy food so I had Angela scoop me some of it. She asked me if there was anything specific in the soup that I wanted. I saw a baby carrot so I thought “ooh, I really feel like having a carrot.” I ate most of the soup and then got to the carrot. I bit down on it and thought it had a weird texture–kind of hollow with a chewy skin. It had such a weird texture that I spit it out to find that it wasn’t a carrot but a Thai pepper! My mouth was already burning but kept getting increasingly painful. The burning just wouldn’t go away even after drinking 4 glasses of water and eating two plates of rice. I started hyperventilating and I couldn’t see anything around me. I thought I was going to pass out! Or die!
On the left is the mysterious cut I had when I woke up. On the right is the bite from ferret at Petco.All night last night, my finger was hurting. This morning I woke up to find that I had a cut about 1/4 inch wide on my finger and it was bleeding. What!? Where did that come from? Angela?
Today we went to Petco and saw they had a ferret. This one was particularly interested in us. I always stick my finger in the cage because the ferrets like to sniff you. This time was different. The ferret bit down on my finger hard and wouldn’t release it. I tried to shake her off to no avail. So then I tried to pull my finger out of the cage, and she still didn’t let go (even though her face was smashed against the cage). So I took my other finger and started tapping on her nose, which worked. Fifteen seconds and a bloody finger later, I finally had my finger back. Oh yea, and this bite was on the same finger that had the mysterious cut.
Holy smokes! That IS a series of unfortunate events! I can’t imagine how painful all of these were. Good luck avoiding those peppers and mysterious cuts! It might be easier to do by avoiding Thai food and ferrets…
Ouch! Bummer on both! Hope your mouth and finger are healed up!
Great to see you guys over Christmas, but wish we could have played/seen more of you both! Thanks for the techno help too! You two are an amazing team!
ROFL! I know what you talk about in the strange cuts/wounds. Sometimes I wash my hands and it stings and I look to see a cut. I have no idea where it came from. Sleepwalking maybe?
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Holy smokes! That IS a series of unfortunate events! I can’t imagine how painful all of these were. Good luck avoiding those peppers and mysterious cuts! It might be easier to do by avoiding Thai food and ferrets…
Oh…. I empathize. Once I thought I was eating a green olive and it ended up being a pepper… and I do not like spicy food.
I hope the cuts get better!
Ouch! Bummer on both! Hope your mouth and finger are healed up!
Great to see you guys over Christmas, but wish we could have played/seen more of you both! Thanks for the techno help too! You two are an amazing team!
:)Anne and John
ROFL! I know what you talk about in the strange cuts/wounds. Sometimes I wash my hands and it stings and I look to see a cut. I have no idea where it came from. Sleepwalking maybe?