Yesterday afternoon while I was busy concentrating on a new dinner recipe in the kitchen, Maddie screamed out in pain. I stopped what I was doing and ran into the family room near the window where she'd been looking out. Then I saw a dead honey bee on the floor and a stinger in Maddie's right thumb. I scooped her up and immediately took out the stinger as Maddie continued to scream in pain.
Maddie's first bee sting. Not fun. Not sure how that bee even got into our house!
Thankfully, Maddie stopped crying pretty quickly once I gave her a couple of cold packs to wrap around her thumb. And I watched her closely to make sure she didn't have an allergic reaction to the sting. Thankfully she did not.
Maddie has a bit of a tomboy side to her which is OK by me but I hope she doesn't "play" with any more bees - or other bugs with stingers anytime soon.
