|
|
Article: FATAL REACTIONS TO INSECT STINGS AREN'T UNCOMMON.(Living Today)
- Article from:
- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- August 29, 1989
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1989 Albany Times Union. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: Patricia Anstett Knight-Ridder Newspapers
Guy Swain just wanted to make his wife happy.
She asked him to remove some unsightly vines in the backyard of their Southfield, Mich., home.
Minutes later, he was unconscious from a hornet sting between his eyes.
The next thing he knew, he was on a table in an emergency room at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich. "I looked up and saw a lot of very concerned people looking at me," asking questions like "who is president of the United States?" to determine if he was in a coma.
"I was scared," he said. "It's almost an instant and total loss of control. The immediate ...