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<blockquote data-quote="glbhunter" data-source="post: 1408315" data-attributes="member: 100645"><p>Now this one only happens once in a life time. As most of you, I'm sure , are hoping about some of the traumatic injuries I have just read about. I was bow hunting elk last September near my home in South East Idaho. I was working on clearing a shooting lane to a well used game trail and was going to set up a make shift ground blind. As I was trimming a branch close to the ground I was attacked around my head by about a hundred black hornets. Then was when I made a big mistake. I took off my hat and tried to swat them away. Realizing that it was to no avail, I just ran up the hill and out of the trees. when I realized that I was out of danger for the moment. I took inventory of my injuries. I had sting all over my head, face, ears, neck. All my exposed skin was numb. Because of hearing about people having severe reactions to just one or two stings, I was somewhat nervous. I immediately set out for my ATV about a mile away; I didn't seem to be having any reaction yet. When I reached home my wife, who is an RN immediately went to work. Two benadryl, two motrin anti-inflamitories, ice packs on well over 30 stings for pain and swelling, had me sit down, talked calmly to me. Put on an anti-itch so I wouldn't scratch them. She kept saying "you will be fine". She had an uneasy night watching me to make sure I didn't have any serious symptoms requiring trip to ER, however, next morning you couldn't hardly see the stings and I never had any reaction. I keep thinking, WOW! that was lucky, pretty scarey. Maybe I'll carry benadryl when out in the wilds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="glbhunter, post: 1408315, member: 100645"] Now this one only happens once in a life time. As most of you, I'm sure , are hoping about some of the traumatic injuries I have just read about. I was bow hunting elk last September near my home in South East Idaho. I was working on clearing a shooting lane to a well used game trail and was going to set up a make shift ground blind. As I was trimming a branch close to the ground I was attacked around my head by about a hundred black hornets. Then was when I made a big mistake. I took off my hat and tried to swat them away. Realizing that it was to no avail, I just ran up the hill and out of the trees. when I realized that I was out of danger for the moment. I took inventory of my injuries. I had sting all over my head, face, ears, neck. All my exposed skin was numb. Because of hearing about people having severe reactions to just one or two stings, I was somewhat nervous. I immediately set out for my ATV about a mile away; I didn't seem to be having any reaction yet. When I reached home my wife, who is an RN immediately went to work. Two benadryl, two motrin anti-inflamitories, ice packs on well over 30 stings for pain and swelling, had me sit down, talked calmly to me. Put on an anti-itch so I wouldn't scratch them. She kept saying "you will be fine". She had an uneasy night watching me to make sure I didn't have any serious symptoms requiring trip to ER, however, next morning you couldn't hardly see the stings and I never had any reaction. I keep thinking, WOW! that was lucky, pretty scarey. Maybe I'll carry benadryl when out in the wilds. [/QUOTE]
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