Yellowjacket
August 19th, 2005 at 11:04 pm (Unschooling Life)
Kenzie was stung this evening by a yellow jacket. Twice. He and his friend were going from house to house asking neighbors if they’d like the newspapers in their yard to be recycled when he ran into the little sucker on someone’s porch. He sprinted home screaming . Luckily, we had insect sting wipes in the first aid kit, Neosporin with pain relief, bandaids and children’s ibuprofen. He was very brave - much braver than I would have been.
We had been worried that he might be allergic to yellowjackets and wasps like his father, but it appears (thank goodness) that he isn’t. Just some redness and very mild swelling. I’ve never been stung by anything more than a fire ant, and I’ve never actually seen a sting on another person, so I asked Terry to make sure everything looked normal. He assured me that it did.
Kenzie’s watching television and eating a late dinner. He seems amazingly fine with it all.