rashy again

Well its not really getting better this time ! But he is only on five days! The Internet site that I look up on said it take two to three weeks!

I also tried the vinegar and it got worse! So we have stop that! I think I will break down and run to the pharmacy and pick up some poison ivy salve or some calamine lotion to put on it! We tried everything natural and it doesn't seem to work!

Every year he has to get this and it is so miserable to watch him go through it! But this time I was very upset that he took his shirt off because it was hot out and then the next day this is what he gets! ( i told him to put the shirt back on)

Last night he thought he had a fever and I told him to drink more water and to take 2 aspirin! When I got home this morning he was feeling a little better but the rash is still getting worse and it spreading to his back now! Oh how I cant wait for the three weeks to be done!

I believe that every time he gets this it gets worse! like he has less to fight it off ! Some day I think he will not even be able to be close to the poison ivy as the wind might blow it on him!

Also it doesn't help that I do carry it on me and then I pass the oil on to him! I guess I better be more careful!

I read that you can put a weed killer on it, But Because the plant is to close to the lake

I will have to go in on my hands and knees and dig each plant out one by one! Put in bucket and then have to put in a bag and get rid of it! On the site I was on said to throw it away! not to burn or compose! So were do I put it! Put in a bag and let it sit for a few years and figure out from there!

So I can see what my summer will be like! But I don't want anyone else to go through this! I could also lay down some tarps and hope that kills it also but the roots are the hardest part of the plant! And now that they are getting more sunlight because we clean out the area of brush it will spread faster!