I just had a beautiful fall day ruined by a hornet sting. I was enjoying
a coffee and donut and there were hornets buzzing around. I shooed the
one that had landed on my finger. I guess I didn't see the one that was
on the donut. I felt a bit of crunch, then a sting, and another sting
and a third sting. I spit it out and stomped on it.... to late, but he
deserved to die.

I tried denial, but it was swelling. I headed out to look for a pharmacy
to buy some Benedryl. It was swelling fast. I headed for the hospital
instead. I registered, was taken ahead of about 40 other people in the
waiting room, no waiting for a nurse, saw a doctor a couple minutes and
they started hitting me with drugs.... epi shot, zantac and an Benedryl
IV drip.

Wow... that stuff worked wonders. The swelling started to go down
within minutes. My face still feels like I have been to the dentist.

They kept me for four hours for observation and sent me home with a
prescription for 2 epi pens. From now on, if I get stung I have to
stab myself with an epi pen and go to the ER.

Thanks to our health care system there was no bill for the hospital.
Thanks to my drug plan the charge for the two epi pens was only $35.