Mother's Day was very nice with church, gifts, cards, and extra love from my sweet little family. Until Ben insisted on me taking a "Mother's Day Nap" all heck broke loose! About 30 minutes into to my oh so delightful nap (I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow), Ben stormed into the room in a complete panic yelling, "Dane got stung by a scorpion and Logan is peeing and pooping everywhere!"
You can imagine my jolt of extreme horror/confusion as I flew out of bed to rescue Daners. He had stopped crying and the scorpion was still alive and struggling in a puddle of Logan's pee. As I examined Dane, Ben finished killing the scorpion (it was about 2 1/2 inches long and only the 2nd scorpion we have had in our house in over 5 years of living here) and put it in a jar so that it could be identified if needed. While Ben was on the phone with Poison Control I put Dane down for a minute to gather my composure and he assumed to tip over the night stand and barely dodged the flying lamp from landing on him (furniture straps are definitely a must buy)! At this point, I thought...is the ceiling going to cave in?
Luckily, Dane seemed to be unscathed by the scorpion sting and showed no signs (abnormal eye movements, increased salivation, seizure, etc.) of adverse reactions. The Poison Control called twice to follow up and Dane was doing well so there was no need for a Mother's Day trip to the ER.
According to Ben, while he was half asleep on the couch, the boys were playing and then all of the sudden Dane cried. Ben thought that Logan stole a toy from him or something so he proceeded to yell at Logan who responded with, "I pooed daddy" while standing in a puddle of pee with a scorpion in the middle of it and Dane was holding his hand and bawling hysterically. Things like this only happen when daddy is in charge:)
The Pest Control people (who sprayed a couple days earlier) weren't kidding when they said that after the first spray a lot of the bugs will come out of their lairs for the first few days then start dying off. Hopefully, this will be our last scorpion encounter for a long time!
