Thanks for all the concern about my venomous spider bite. I’m on the other side of it now, but I do have a funny story to tell you about it.
While I was dealing with the spider bite, I was hosting my parents and Aunt at a beautiful 5-Star Resort in Hawaii. I’m purposely not naming the resort cause I don’t want you to think I got the spider bite there. I didn’t. Nor did I get it on my beautiful property.
Despite residing in the lap of luxury, I basically suffered for about four days. I felt weak and nauseous, suffered headaches, general discomfort and didn’t sleep well.
After a couple of days of this, I asked the hotel manager to get ahold of a local doctor to get some advice. After a lot of effort (it was a Sunday), he finally gets one on the phone and puts me on. After hearing me explain all the weird ass symptoms I’m experiencing, she says, “Drink some electrolytes!”
I say, you mean some Gatorade?
She says, “yes, that will do nicely.”
I think to myself, it can’t be that freaking simple can it?
The hotel manager offers to go get me some Gatorade right away. He comes back in less than five minutes with a life’s supply of Powerade. My first thought was, ah man, Powerade sucks! It’s like the annoying nephew nobody likes at family gatherings.
Snapping out of my lack of gratitude, I thank the incredible hotel manager for having my back. There might have even been an awkward hug.
I then skeptically pounded down two bottles, ignoring my strict detox cleanse instructions out of desperation. Who knows what symptoms belong to which issue - my intense detox cleanse or my spider incursion. And guess what happens?
In less than fifteen minutes, I immediately feel better. Within a few hours, all my symptoms go away.
You see, sometimes life is that simple. To stop all the pain and suffering, you just need to ask for help and get advice from someone more knowledgeable than yourself. And presto, you’re an Inspirational Baller again!!!
