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Article: BEE STING KIT CRUCIAL FOR THOSE WITH ALLERGY
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- The Columbian (Vancouver, WA)
- Article date:
- September 19, 2000
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DANIEL YEE, Columbian
The Columbian
09-19-2000
Five more minutes might have saved Paul Thompson's life.
The 64-year-old retired airline pilot and La Center resident died two years ago after being stung by a bee on his 33-acre farm.
He had a bee sting kit, which contains a shot of epinephrine to counteract an allergic reaction from a bee sting.
But it was in his house. Thompson was stung while working outside to prepare for a summer party he and his wife, Dottie, threw annually.
After having a severe allergic reaction to bee stings a year before in 1997, doctors prescribed the sting kit, telling him he must take the shot 10 to 15 minutes after being stung.
Thompson ...
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