Friday, July 13, 2012

Bees are nice






Yesterday evening, a trouser-less Bella sat on her favourite chair with her 'doudous' lined up as she always does. However, this time she wasn't aware that a hornet had already taken her seat. I could tell from her cry that something was seriously wrong and for the first few seconds couldn't understand what had happened, until I saw the hornet crawling across the floor. My poor, brave little girl clung on to me crying "mummy", whilst Scott rang the emergency number (we didn't know quite what to do) and went to fetch ice for her swollen bottom. Sam was sat in the bedroom with cushions over his ears as the cries were too upsetting.

We were advised to take her to the local dr. (by this time it was 8.15pm) and thank goodness Bella took an instant liking to her and obediently showed her the sting. The ice had done the trick and she wasn't too swollen. An allergic reaction didn't look likely so she prescribed a precautionary antihistamine and cream for the next three days. The nice pharmacist kindly opened the chemist especially for us.

Bella was much happier by the time we got home and was happy to be allowed to stay up late. She kept telling us over and over it was a bee that had stung her. After finally understanding it wasn't a bee she seemed delighted and danced about singing "yay, bees are nice".

15 comments:

  1. Oh, poor Bella! How awful. I hope her bottom recovers soon! We have lots of bees in our garden and the kids love them but Angus is fascinated and gets a little too close...I do hope he doesn't get stung. I was stung by a bee last summer and it really bloody hurt, and I'm a grown up! x

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  2. Oh the poor wee soul! Hope the pain goes. She looks beautifulin these pics, jxx

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  3. Ouch! Poor Bella. (Who is looking ever adorable in her yellow dress and bob!) Olive is a big fan of bees too. Sometimes when she eats honey she yells 'thank you bees, for making my honey'. Kellie xx

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  4. poor little darling! i'm so paranoid about bees and wasps as i'm terrified about allergic reactions (paranoid with ivy, not me. i had 4 bee stings this summer, they love me!). she sounds like a brave little thing and that you guys coped pretty well too! not nice at all.

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  5. Oh poor Bella and her bottom!

    This will make for a funny story wen she's older, though!

    x

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  6. Poor little petal! That would have hurt.
    PS Love her yellow dress x

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  7. Indeed how awful! And how nice of the chemist to open up.- I can't imagine that happening here

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  8. how awfully cute. i am sorry to hear about bella's bottom. i hope all is much better soon. her yellow dress is so sweet. xo

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  9. What a day bella had! I am glad there wasn't a reaction and I bet she looks before she sits now :)

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  10. Poor little Bella. I bet you were worried, hornets are so big! Glad she's OK.

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  11. I love her quote. She's right! If you have apis, a homeopathic, you can give it to her. I use that for my kids when they get tings.

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  12. oh poor baby! poor all of you, how upsetting. it's good you went to the clinic, you never know if a reaction might happen. bees are nice, hee hee. love that girl.

    andrea, i held indy yesterday!! i finally met him and thought of you. he is stunning, the most gorgeous baby, so squishy and lovely! it was so good to see them both, mama and child (and her mama too!)

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  13. Poor Bella! What a horrible experience. So glad she is fine and not allergic. x

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  14. Poor little girl. It's so hard when you know they're in pain and you can't do anything about it. Thank goodness there was no reaction.

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  15. So sorry for little Bella. I know it had to hurt. I am glad she is okay and there was no reaction. She looks precious in her sweet yellow shirt!

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