We had a nice day all day, barbecuing with the inlaws and cleaning up the yard... then at the end of the day my kids took their great grandma over to show her a "meteor" in our yard, (I told them it was a meteor) -- and about 10 minutes later we hear all this terrible screaming from the yard...



Turns out there is this MASSIVE FUCKING HORNETS NEST hanging in the pine tree pretty low and these things were black and nasty, swarming like crazy... attacking the great grandma and two of my three kids. Fucking frightening, seeing the large swarms dive through the air at them... WOW--- I could post more about it, but it was a terrifying experience. FUCK BEES.

Then, about 25 minutes later our smallest boy started choking and throwing up-- allergic reaction in his throat, swelling up BAD! I called 911 and the ambulance came pretty quick because we told them it was a five year old, I guess they really put the pedal to the metal. -- Before they arrived I looked in my boys mouth and the little dangly cartoon thing in the back of the throat? It was swollen to the size of a golfball closing off his mouth! -- so that shit right there pretty much scarred my mind seeing that.

Good news though... he's ok now. At least we know he's allergic to hornet bites.

Also, my father in law and I doused that fucking nest with 3 cans of hornet spray--- take that you demon fucking bees!!!!

Man.. what a terrible ending to a nice day.

damn.. good thing to hear everything is ok now...

Jesus, DJ...that is scary. At least it wasn't a stringray nest.

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Wow thats seriously crazy. Glad everything is alright.

Also Brandon, if you weren't already awesome that would have easily earned you an awesome status.

Does that make me +2 Awesome?

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+3 because you added me as a friend 2 seconds after i posted that.

Sweet! I'm on a roll!

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We joked about Steve IRwin today too... just the idea of being stung by anything and dying or getting all messed up is a really lame way to go.

I was pretty calm until I looked in his mouth and saw it all swollen shut, then panic washed over me-- it was even worse on my poor wife who was sitting in shock in the ambulance and the drivers were asking her things and she couldnt hear them.

Man, she's had a ROUGH day. They're both sleeping quietly together on the couch all cuddled up.

WHEW.

Life is pretty fucking fragile.

Added photo of the nest I took before I went to the hospital. Notice how it's above the 5 year old's batman bike? Yeah. Fuck that noise. It's definitly bigger than a basketball.

My father in law dove in and grabbed him off the bike and started running and they were stinging him all over, he fell with our kid in his hand-- then hornets were dive bombing that fucking bike man.... it was frightening seeing a cloud of demon bees around that bike

Allergies are terrifying, man. When I was small, I found out that I'm deathly allergic to pistachios in the same way your son is allergic to hornets. Not to make you any more worried, but be very carefull. Allergic reactions get worse and worse every time you have one. Buy a crapload of epi-pens (They have epi-pen jrs for kids) and have them everywhere in the house and send some to school.

I'm sure your Docs have already told you all this, but as someone who also has life threatining allergies, I cannot stress enough the necessity of the epi-pen.

I grew up with asthma and a cat that I was allergic to. I remember waking up and going to the hospital at 2AM because I was barely able to breathe. That is the most scary thing ever. When you can't get enough oxygen, your brain goes into panic mode, but there's nothing you can do except get to the hospital and breathe their medicine.

Jesus Christ, dude.

I'm glad everyone's okay now.

You need to buy some popsicles or something for the little man, after bravely going through such an ordeal.

I have to agree with D about the epi-pen, but I would say maybe you should take him in for a scratch test too now.

You can never be too safe when it comes to the youngins.

Same thing happened to me when I was abut 8- didn't realise i was walking into a massive nest and I got stung about 30 times, fortunately I'm not allergic. And now I also seem to have this immunity to wasp stings.

VIVA LA WASP LADY! WHEEE!

See your family Dr. asap

most flying insect stings REDUCE your tolerance after each event

epi pens, benadryl (sp) or some other type of meds may HAVE to be carried at all outdoor events

look up more info at webmd or wikipedia

HOLY FUCK!
I'm glad everyone is OK but scary shit indeed.


Yellowjackets, wasps and hornets are nasty.
Very aggressive and sting reapeatedly.
At least bees only attack if you directly threaten them and can only sting once.