dmartin88
Gold Member
Bee\'s versus my BX22!
About 10 am this morning, was expanding a path through the woods on our property. Used the loader to move a rotting tree that had fallen on it's own. It snapped in two while moving it and bee's that were nesting in the trunk poured out. I was stung about 5 times, ouch. Didn't worry too much as I've been stung before.
I drove up to the house to get something to put on the stings, about 15 minutes later, started getting lightheaded, clammy skin and more. Passed out standing up but luckily, my wife and son were there, caught me as I fell to the ground. They called 911, ended up with a houseful of Fire and Rescue team members- blood pressure fell to about 60 over 55, temperature to the low 90's. Rescue team did the job, pumped me full of several chemicals (epidrine, benzadryl, and steroids) once they could get an IV line started. Was feeling pretty bad laying on the floor but started to lose some of the lightheadedness while being transported to the hospital. I spent a few hours in the emergency rooom, doctors ran a few more tests and said all is well.
Home now, wore out, the epidrine gave me a major case of shakes and seemed to have worn myself out. All in all quite an experience. Hope a good night's sleep will get me back to normal. Doctor has subscribed an epidrine self applicator to have around the house in case something like this happens again. Thinks it was mainly the volume the stings that got me but don't want to take a chance next time.
Message is to think about what you'll do if something happens, in this case, I had plenty of time to get back to the house before the reaction set in but always make sure someone knows where you're working. If I had stayed in the woods and passed out, not sure wha would have happened but this time, family and the rescue team were right there to help.
About 10 am this morning, was expanding a path through the woods on our property. Used the loader to move a rotting tree that had fallen on it's own. It snapped in two while moving it and bee's that were nesting in the trunk poured out. I was stung about 5 times, ouch. Didn't worry too much as I've been stung before.
I drove up to the house to get something to put on the stings, about 15 minutes later, started getting lightheaded, clammy skin and more. Passed out standing up but luckily, my wife and son were there, caught me as I fell to the ground. They called 911, ended up with a houseful of Fire and Rescue team members- blood pressure fell to about 60 over 55, temperature to the low 90's. Rescue team did the job, pumped me full of several chemicals (epidrine, benzadryl, and steroids) once they could get an IV line started. Was feeling pretty bad laying on the floor but started to lose some of the lightheadedness while being transported to the hospital. I spent a few hours in the emergency rooom, doctors ran a few more tests and said all is well.
Home now, wore out, the epidrine gave me a major case of shakes and seemed to have worn myself out. All in all quite an experience. Hope a good night's sleep will get me back to normal. Doctor has subscribed an epidrine self applicator to have around the house in case something like this happens again. Thinks it was mainly the volume the stings that got me but don't want to take a chance next time.
Message is to think about what you'll do if something happens, in this case, I had plenty of time to get back to the house before the reaction set in but always make sure someone knows where you're working. If I had stayed in the woods and passed out, not sure wha would have happened but this time, family and the rescue team were right there to help.
