I woke up this morning and realized my mouth was dry. That isn’t unusual as I sometimes have a habit of sleeping with my mouth open at night. But this dry was like the desert on a very hot day. When I reached the bathroom I was astounded to find my bottom lip looked like I’d joined Paris Hilton in a lip collagen party.

The reason my mouth was dry is because my bottom lip was so swollen and heavy I couldn’t keep my mouth closed! My son’s first reaction was to tell me I looked like a fish. Nice.

Our 4th of July was nothing out of the ordinary. My husband’s birthday is on the 4th and we celebrated very low key at home, which was nice. We spent 2 days at a local lake with some good friends boating, swimming and fishing. I have not eaten anything different or taken any new medication that would cause an allergic reaction such as this.

It’s been twelve hours and 5 Benadryl later and there is no improvement. I skipped work today thinking I’d rest and hang out and by tomorrow it would all be better. I have a dentist appointment tomorrow and must go to the office, so let’s pray that when I wake up in the morning my lip is back to looking normal. Otherwise I’ll have to come up with some really crazy story about how I got bit by a blow fish, because according to Dr. Google that might very well be a possible cause.