Meow, Meow, Meow, Meow...

I lost a few hours yesterday having an extreme allergic reaction. I was at a friend's, playing with her cat. I came home and took out my contacts. I thought I had washed my hand well enough, but no. Instead my eyes went totally red.

I took off my eye make-up, but the burning continued. Having no eye drops in the house, nothing to wash it out with but water, I got an idea: Milk.

Milk is supposedly good for counter-acting allergic reactions. But should it go in your eyes? I had a few minutes of debate. Do I try to stop the burning and maybe have to explain to a doctor how I put milk in my eye or do I wash with water?

Milk it was. The burning stopped immediately, but the redness took a few hours to go away.

I know a lot of people for whom milk causes a violent allergic reaction. While it is scary how careful these people have to be, it is also scary as to why allergies are so prevalent.

Bottom line? As much as I would love for Nuschler to have an equally fluffy cat companion, it ain't gonna happen.