17 October 2009
Last night I was stung by a scorpion.
I woke up at around midnight because I felt a sharp sting on my leg, not dissimilar to a bee sting. Shortly thereafter, the leg went numb,and the numbness crept up my body to include my arm. I woke Bela up, but by that time my whole body, including my mouth and tongue, were like lead blocks that I couldn´t move.
Bela rolled me off of the bed and onto the floor, and Rebecca and Neal helped to search the room for the offending insect. He or she was never found.
The numbness wore off about four hours later, with a horrible pins and needles sensation in my extremities, and a feeling of vomity nausea in my tummy.
Luckily, however, I am fine today, with just a headache!! Bela and I have renewed our vow to shake out shoes-sheets-pillows-clothes before using any of them.
--Calla
Last night I was stung by a scorpion.
I woke up at around midnight because I felt a sharp sting on my leg, not dissimilar to a bee sting. Shortly thereafter, the leg went numb,and the numbness crept up my body to include my arm. I woke Bela up, but by that time my whole body, including my mouth and tongue, were like lead blocks that I couldn´t move.
Bela rolled me off of the bed and onto the floor, and Rebecca and Neal helped to search the room for the offending insect. He or she was never found.
The numbness wore off about four hours later, with a horrible pins and needles sensation in my extremities, and a feeling of vomity nausea in my tummy.
Luckily, however, I am fine today, with just a headache!! Bela and I have renewed our vow to shake out shoes-sheets-pillows-clothes before using any of them.
--Calla
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