Another time was when I was 9 months pregnant and it looked like I had toxemia but just on one foot. But I didn't, it was swollen from fire ant bites. In this picture my toes are losing circulation cause it's so swollen. They turned purple. I could hardly walk cause my foot was so swollen so it really looked like I had a pregnant waddle. It was so embarassing! It hurt too! :) And look at the size of my ankle!
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Ouch! Glad I've never experienced that!!!!
Looks PAINFUL! Those ants are vicious.
I remember that happening to your foot and i felt so bad. Your poor foot again. I am really sorry. That is one of the reason David and I don't want to move back to Texas. We hat fire ants!
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I feel for ya! The worse part is... they itch for weeks after, like wake you up in the middle of the night for a scratch attack itch! You should wear snowboots from now on :) Start a new trend!
Ouch! When my sister lived in South Carolina they had them everywhere. She was new to all of that and set Mckinley who was like 8 months old on the grass, not knowing she would be attacked obviously! Well, Kinleys diaper was full of fire ants and biting her bum. She was screaming!!
So the foot would hurt, but I can't imagine the bum!
How horrible! It looks like it really painful. I was lucky that we never experienced that while we lived there.
I hate FIRE ANTS!!! That is definitely one of the things I DON'T MISS from Texas! Hope your foot is getting better fast!
Briel got attacked by some Sunday afternoon. Thankfully she didn't swell like you though. :)
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