Archive for March 28th, 2010
Mar
Bees were Buzzing
The other day at Disney the entrance of Tomorrowland found us face to face with a swarm of angry bees. At first, I couldn’t figured out what they were. They looked like tiny bubbles until I noticed they were dive bombing those oblivious to them. Will was trying to push me through them and I flipped out. I think he thought they were just a bit of Disney magic or something. Regardless, I refused and found an alternate pathway. At that moment I was thinking with that many bees; I can’t believe I wasn’t stung. That was mistakes #1. Mistake #2 came yesterday. We were in the new house and Annie dumps a cup of sand into it. As I came bounding out of the house…shoeless, my foot met a little bee and the bee would say I won, but not without a latch ditch-effort stinging from the bee. In my book, he won.
For those of you not aware, I am VERY allergic to bees. The last stinging resulted in various hallucinations, lethargy, and my tongue swelling. I do have an epi-pen that expired awhile back and a new one that has been waiting for me in the pharmacy for several months now. Oops! I went into quite the panic when I realized I was stung and had found myself in a puddle of my own tears pondering my impending doom. Do I drive myself and risk choking on my own tongue or maybe puking in the car? A friend came to the rescue, dropping me off and sweeping my children away. Long story – short. I was stung…I got a fabulous cocktail of steroids, antihistamines and an assortment of other things I can’t pronounce IV style, which resulted in a 2 hour peaceful and quiet nap in a hospital bed with a heated blanket. I got all hooked up to a monitor with various electrodes…I think that was to avoid the impending doom. And, I didn’t die! It was a good day.
Side note: Scary experience…blessed to be minimally inconvenienced…thankful for a healthy body…not really a drama queen, it’s just fun to write that way sometimes.
