Ringworm Update

I should update everyone on the whole ringworm thing - I have yet to contract it. However, I dreamt last night that I did, and this isn't the first time. So you can imagine how real my fear of any type of parasite or skin disorder is if I'm dreaming about it on a regular basis.

Some people don't get ringworm because their immune systems attack it quickly. I've heard it is kind of like poison ivy in that way. Some people are allergic to it, others aren't. Which, by the way, I think that my history of poison ivy rashes makes me forever paranoid about skin problems. When I was in fifth grade I had the WORST poison ivy rash ever. It was all over my body, and especially in the senstive little folds between my fingers, toes and groin area. I couldn't sleep for weeks, and scratched myself raw.

Anyway, I think that my immunity to ringworm was probably established early on while petting strays at Grandma Fast's house. She always had stray cats and kittens that she fed "scraps". I felt sorry for them because they were usually sickly and cold so I'd hold them on the porch swing for hours trying to comfort them wishing ever so much that I could take them home with me. I remember them having all kinds of problems - eye infections, worms, bite wounds, etc. I'm sure that my little body learrned to fight off kitten diseases.

So I'm grateful not to have come down with a nasty case of ringworm. Yay!