Like the title says, I came close to dying a few days ago, just after Mother's Day, which explains my absence lately. Here's the story;
So my friends and I were walking and talking during lunch at school on Monday (5/12) and we walked by a blossoming cherry tree. That cherry tree just happened to contain an oddly quiet hive of bees, which I am severely allergic to. So one of the bees got near us, and I started to run away as fast as I could, but it was no use; the damn thing stung me in the right arm. I went to the nurse, and told her I got stung by it and that I'm allergic to them, and she says that it doesn't look too bad and that I shouldn't worry about it, so I didn't. Obviously that was a mistake.
Nothing happened for a while, but during 6th period (about 2 hours after lunch) I noticed my arm getting all tingly. The sting site also got a lot bigger, from the size of a smalll pimple to a quarter, and I had a rash around it too. I went to the nurse again, and she said I was developing an allergic reaction to the bee venom, so she called the hospital and my parents. That was when the scary stuff started happening. My right arm went completely numb and I felt dizzy and nauseous. I barely remember the ride to the hospital. According to my doctor, I blacked out almost as soon as I got to the hospital, and my vitals went haywire. I had a 104° fever, my heart rate was at 125 beats per minute, and I was in anaphylactic shock. I was given an emergency shot of epinephrine and my vitals started stablizing, but my doctors put me in a coma for two days to be safe. I woke up on Thursday at 2 in the afternoon. My arm hurt like living hell, but my doctors said that the worst was over. I wasn't released until Saturday, when my doctors were absolutely certain that the sting wouldn't get infected, and they gave me a note saying that I was to rest and not go to school for a week. They also gave me an epi-pen for emergencies.
Right now I'm totally fine. My sting site still hurts a little though, and my parents want to sue the school because apparently they knew about the hive beforehand, and just didn't say or do anything about it. I wonder how that'll go.
So my friends and I were walking and talking during lunch at school on Monday (5/12) and we walked by a blossoming cherry tree. That cherry tree just happened to contain an oddly quiet hive of bees, which I am severely allergic to. So one of the bees got near us, and I started to run away as fast as I could, but it was no use; the damn thing stung me in the right arm. I went to the nurse, and told her I got stung by it and that I'm allergic to them, and she says that it doesn't look too bad and that I shouldn't worry about it, so I didn't. Obviously that was a mistake.
Nothing happened for a while, but during 6th period (about 2 hours after lunch) I noticed my arm getting all tingly. The sting site also got a lot bigger, from the size of a smalll pimple to a quarter, and I had a rash around it too. I went to the nurse again, and she said I was developing an allergic reaction to the bee venom, so she called the hospital and my parents. That was when the scary stuff started happening. My right arm went completely numb and I felt dizzy and nauseous. I barely remember the ride to the hospital. According to my doctor, I blacked out almost as soon as I got to the hospital, and my vitals went haywire. I had a 104° fever, my heart rate was at 125 beats per minute, and I was in anaphylactic shock. I was given an emergency shot of epinephrine and my vitals started stablizing, but my doctors put me in a coma for two days to be safe. I woke up on Thursday at 2 in the afternoon. My arm hurt like living hell, but my doctors said that the worst was over. I wasn't released until Saturday, when my doctors were absolutely certain that the sting wouldn't get infected, and they gave me a note saying that I was to rest and not go to school for a week. They also gave me an epi-pen for emergencies.
Right now I'm totally fine. My sting site still hurts a little though, and my parents want to sue the school because apparently they knew about the hive beforehand, and just didn't say or do anything about it. I wonder how that'll go.
