Well, don't be complacent, Ruth. The next time could be really bad,
depending on where the sting happens and how many insects are
involved. There might not be time to get to the emergency room.
Carrying the anti-venin would seem to be a small thing to do if it
could make the difference between leaving your family suddenly or
being around to see the great-grandkids.
36 years ago, I was stung by a yellow-jacket when my foot moved over
its burrow in a park. It just hurt like crazy, and left a pit in my
skin that's still there.
About 18 years ago, I was stung by yellow-jackets (living in a wooden
retaining wall) as I left a classroom building. Being encumbered at
the time with paint cans, I couldn't brush at them or make a speedy
retreat. I only got stung a couple of times, but the sting spot
swelling kept getting bigger day by day rather than smaller. In about
3 days it had gotten to maybe 4 inches across, and my allergy doctor
put me on steroids.
About 4 or 5 years ago I got stung by yellow-jackets again - this
time about 12 times, in my own back yard, living under a railroad tie
that edged my garden where I was pulling weeds. I immediately called
my allergy doctor and got a prescription for the steroids phoned in,
because I just didn't feel like finding out how bad it could get.The
spot kept growing until I was able to fetch the pills and start
taking them. Some things I just don't need to experience to the full.
Tamara, don't assume Danek is safe. He may well now be sensitized,
and the next time he may react.
I've lived for years with kids so sensitive to nuts that walking into
a room where they've been served in brownies is enough to make
throats start to close up - so I figure an injected venom is nothing
to fool around with.
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