Dr Copa

My daughter has been talking about taking a Pocono rafting trip with some of her friends, and she was wondering if I’d like to come along.  I asked her for details, and she told me to look at the whitewaterchallengers.com website to get a better idea of what trips are available.  So I went onto the website to see what they had to offer.  This is a larger company than I expected to find!  They offer rafting trips in two different states, using five different rivers.  They offer not only rafting, but kayaking as well.  They have all different levels of adventures, from the very mild, designed for families with children as young as five years old to the very advanced adults only very sports minded athletic type people only.  They have day trips and overnight up to week long camping adventures. 

So I’ve been looking over the website and talking with my wife about it.  I asked her if she wanted to come along, and she said it sounded like a lot of fun, and would have to see if she can get the time off of work.  I think we would like to try one of the very beginner trips; my wife is not as athletic as she used to be, and I’m getting old, so we should take it easy – at least on the first try out!

A couple of days ago I was out in the back yard, clearing some brush.  When I came in for the day I saw what looked like a small bug bite on my leg.  The next day the area was reddish and itched and hurt.  The next day the area of the bite was spreading.  I showed it to my wife who proclaimed it to be a brown recluse spider bite.  I didn’t believer her (of course) and she showed me pictures of a brown recluse spider bite from the Internet.  I agreed that it DID look like my bite, so I made an appointment to see my doctor.  I saw him today – he was quite impressed – he had never seen a brown recluse spider bite!  He took some pictures of it and gave me a prescription for some antibiotics and sent me home.  I hope they clear this bite up!