Thanks guys. Yeah, I'm much better when I don't have benadryl keeping me doped up into a coma-like state. LOL
Sky - I wasn't really sure how to feel about the label when he first started using it. Graphic Design to me, was like the artists who design advertising billboards/videos, magazines and stuff like that... which I don't do. But in the last few months, it does seem to fit more and more, I think.
This particular project isn't too hard. They took a whole bunch of photos of the 100th anniversary celebration, and they did some events like history of their particular church congregation, how it got started, the families that founded it and all of that. It was founded in 1914, and though it's a very small and aging congregation at this point, it's still going pretty well. They gathered up a whole collection of old photos from various families in the congregation, so we have photos covering most of the decades all the way back to the 20's, with the only blank spot really being the 80's.
Anyway, they wanted to put together like a little program booklet that has all the photos and some bits of text in it and such. So I was asked if I'd be willing to make a layout for all of that, as the woman who was originally working on it commutes from Boston, and just doesn't have much time to devote to it - it's been a WIP for her for over a year now.
I have to admit that it's a little bit daunting in regards to the fact that the layout I come up with has to go past the priest for approval, and then the parish's bishop as well, because the booklet is going to eventually be entered into the diocese's records or something like that. I'm not clear on all the hierarchal stuff, but what I put together with this is going to end up in some higher ranking clergymen's hands, and has to get their approval, so that is... a little bit intimidating. I'm not overly worried, if they want changes made, they can just give me a list of what they want changed. But it's the first time I've been in this kind of a position, so this is really breaking new ground for me. And the fact that I'm not Orthodox myself means there could be a little bit of a hiccup here or there as the thing goes up the channels, but I've been told by both the bishop and the local priest that any hiccups of those nature won't be my problem to deal with. LOL
Miss B, the way we found out about my allergy was being given Gantricine for a UTI when I was 13. When I got home from school the next day I told my mother my legs looked like I had chicken pox and showed her. She was a nursing student then and immediately realized I was having an allergic reaction and took me straight back to the Doctor.
Terre, that's pretty much what happened with this. I was given a pretty high powered and very much a broad-spectrum antibiotic
(and good for drug-resistent bacteria, and since Bear has been doing his work in a hospital location, he's exposed to those a lot - his company specializes in medical facility rehab/reconstruction), and broke out in a hive-like rash pretty much everywhere.
Because it was administered IV, I had a systemic reaction pretty quickly. Being medical myself, I knew what the heck was going on and pretty much marched myself right into the hallway and over to the RN station... thankfully I didn't have any swelling in my throat, but if I hadn't noticed it when I did, that probably would have been next - I had some very pronounced angioedema
(the "hive-like rash" that I mentioned above - it basically feels like hives, but presents just under the skin, rather than on the skin's surface) which while is not specific ONLY to anaphylaxis, it is primarily observed in those cases. And there was some very noticeable swelling around the IV site as well. An Epi injection quickly followed, of course, with benadryl for a couple of days to calm the rest of the reaction down, and they switched me off to a different drug.
Been an interesting couple of days, I'll say that much! LOL