Karre's Caturday Condo (8/9/2012) - The Flower Condo

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This just in - I stepped on someone tiny and vindictive, most likely a little scorpion. :evil: NOT fun. I'll be watching for any symptoms other than pain/nausea (those are pretty standard). I *hate* hospitals. Hope it wasn't a brown button spider, because then it'd have to be hospital with IV and whatnot... *##$@!!! We are NOT amused.
 
Jane I'm sorry you stepped on something. I'll be praying for your quick recovery and it's not a brown button sprider.
 
Thank you so much for your kind words, Carla! You're a sweetheart!

I didn't develop symptoms like chest pain or trouble breathing, so chances are it was just a little scorpion on maybe someone even more harmless, a wasp or a bee even. The foot is up and wrapped in ice. I also have ice in my glass of chenin blanc :mrgreen:

Thanks for your well wishes!
Hugs
Jane
 
....here we go with spiders again :o ....

How bad is the swelling? Did you find a stinger or a puncture? Is the wine helping? :mrgreen:

Keep an eye on it,
Carl

ETA- do you have any antihistamine in the medicine cabinet?
 
Thanks, Carl! No stinger (that would have helped be sure who got me). Single small puncture. Looks consistent with a small scorpion or, possibly, wasp/bee/hornet. Hard to say. I'm watching it. But if the venom was one of the nasty ones, I'd be much sicker. I'll be ok tomorrow I hope. And YES, the wine is taking the edge off quite nicely :lol: I've treated it with antibiotic essential oils, and I've taken antihistamines and pain meds. It'll be ok! Thanks, you guys!

Jane
 
"Just a little scorpion" is sort of like me telling one of our guests "but it's just a baby diamondback rattlesnake" or "don't worry, a little alligator can't eat you...your little puppy, perhaps, but you should be okay." :lol:

Carl
 
You know what we say down here, Carl: "Another shitty day in Africa!" Meant ironically of course. Hey, I got to photograph two types of wild iris today, and I saw a breeding pair of jackal buzzards circling in a clear impossibly blue sky. Compared to that, it really is "just a little scorpion", or whatever else it was. In fairness, I did step on the little fellow, whatever fellow it was. I'd have been pissed off too!

Hopefully tomorrow the pain and nausea will clear and it will all be forgotten.

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Jane
 
I know what you mean, Jane. On the rare occasions I spot a bald eagle or a river otter, it makes anything "bad" that happened that day pale in perspective. Will we be seeing said irises anytime soon?
Carl
 
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