It happened last December on a Sunday morning. I jumped out of bed to get my older kids off to a special Sunday outing. I threw on my sweats that were laying next to my bed. I headed to the bathroom to brush my hair when I felt something on my knee. Then felt some pricks on my knee and knew right then that I was just put on the long list of people I knew that had been stung by a scorpion. My knee started to burn and I could feel the poison travel up and down my leg. I did all the tricks people told me to do and Julia brought me over some special powder than helped alot. I put ice on it which helped so much. I drove the kids to the church with ice on my knee and then went home and rested for a few hours. Then got ready and went to church in pain.
I called Thayne to tell him what had happened hoping to get some sympathy since he knows I hate bugs especially stinging ones. All I heard was, it can't be that bad.
That was the day I secretly hoped that one day he would experience the pain of a scorpion sting.
Guess What?
Saturday morning Thayne jumped out of bed to get Wyatt out the door for football. He grabbed a towel and headed for the shower. The next thing I heard was.... "owww...owwww.....owww, that little bugger".
(this is not the one that stung him)
I knew exactly what it was and just laid and bed smiling. He walked in our room and said he was just stung on the butt.
Music to my ears!
Hallelujah!
However I did not take into consideration that Thayne has a huge pain tolerance. I am not even sure if he took a Tylenol for the pain or not but I never heard him complain the rest of the day about it.
I am also sure that since it stung him in the butt that all the fat just absorbed the poison and never went into his blood stream. I like to think that because it makes me feel better about crying about my sting.
I am back to secretly hoping he gets stung on a not so fatty area so he will be able to really feel the sting.
10 comments:
Ugh! I hate, hate, hate scorpions! I got stung about a month ago twice on my shoulder in the middle of the night. I didn't know what got me so I grabbed it and threw it off me! Within seconds I knew it was a scorpion and now I'd thrown the dang thing somewhere in my bedroom! Needless to say, Brent was shaken awake and told to get the black light and go on a search and destroy mission! The critter was found and dispatched to the next life and I lay awake the rest of the night with pain and a bad case of the heebie jeebies!
Stung on the butt?? Ouch. (crossing fingers) I have never been stung. I'm sure I would be the biggest baby and cry and need special medical attention. Let's hope for everyone's sake I stay clear of them.
Jason says "that's what he gets for mooning" ha ha- I had yet to add myself to that long ist of those who have been stung, but we did find a rattlesnake last night out front!
Ok, first of all I'd rather be stung by a scorpion than bit by a rattler Julia. I really bet that Thayne felt plenty of pain but wouldn't give you the satisfaction of knowing anything about it. Did you notice him leaning to one side when he was siting? hmmm! No such thing as a painless scorpion sting.
we've been here 8 years and i've never seen one...(knock on wood!)
I just think it's funny he got stung on the butt..:o) in our old house we had scorpions, I almost laid jessie down on it. havn't seen any here...and i hope not.
on the bum...perfect!
Yea I am a tuff guy
How many in your family have been stung?
Yikes! Someone once explained to me that it feels like a burning hot needle being sunk into your skin? Is that true?
Post a Comment