Last night our beloved son, Clayton, was stung by a wasp …. he walked outside with the dog …. unfortunately he stepped on a wasp …. came inside saying he was stung and that it was extremely painful … I gave him some antihistamine cream and a tablet …. he said he was going to lie down as he did not feel well … I was busy putting ice in a baggie for him when he says he needed to go to the hospital … I ran and told my husband and by the time I got back to his room he was lying on the floor …. he responded to me saying he felt terrible but managed to get up … we realize now that he had passed out … i let him pass me and I saw he was going to pass out again and so managed to catch him from behind … i’m 74 so i have no strength to hold him so I fell down with him … he was out cold .. My husband who is 78 rushed to help me …. we eventually managed to turn him on his side as he seemed to be having a seizure !! it did not last long … we helped him up and he again passed out hitting the bath , he now has a broken rib…. I managed to get him in an upright sitting position with a pillow behind his head keeping his airway open .. I saw that he was struggling to breathe … my grand daughter had called 911 … he was looking bad …. blue around the mouth and grey in his face sweating profusely …. i kept speaking to him but i was terrified … I asked my husband to hold his head up and ran to get my rescue inhaler ,,,, as I have asthma so I have one … I tried to get his mouth open but struggled as he was clenching his teeth …. eventually I got it a bit open and sprayed into his mouth hoping it would open his airways …. what seemed like an eternity later the paramedics arrived and took over … we were so frightened as We thought we were going to loose our son … life can slip away in a blink of an eye … we need your help in getting him an epipen for which he has a prescription .., he works but does not earn a lot and has no health insurance and we are not in the position to help him … any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanking you in anticipation
Helga Bezuidenhout
