Bee Stings and Baking Soda

Sitting in the house, my husband and I suddenly heard a frantic cry from Chance. Upon reaching the backdoor, we realized that he was sobbing,"A bee stung me! A bee stung me!" Chance does not usually respond to pain with such intensity. It was weird too because it was almost 8:00 at night, not exactly a prime time for bees to be out and about especially in September. Once in the house, Chance told us that he had set his hand on a bee while chasing his pet bunny. He wasn't exactly sure as he was focusing on trying to grab the bunny. Bunnies are speedy little pets that take some energy and determination to catch when they decide to hop across the yard.

We tried to remember what we had heard helped bee stings (other than 'Meat Tenderizer' of which we had none) when Chance started insisting that we use baking soda. I didn't even know Chance knew what baking soda was. We asked him why he wanted baking soda and he told us that it helped bee stings. When we asked him where he had heard that, he didn't answer as he was busy trying to convince us that baking soda was the answer to what ailed him.

Not being experts in bee stings, we decided that it couldn't hurt to put baking soda on the sting and in fact maybe if Chance "thought" it was helping, that would be enough. It worked either because baking soda really does help ease the pain of a bee sting or Chance was convinced that it would.

As Chance leaned against the counter with the sting under white powder, he paused in his whimpering to ask "Bees die after they sting you?" When I answered that indeed they did, he wanted to know why.
There is no harsher revenge than death to the enemy that has just attacked you. Chance seemed to be thinking that at least he didn't have to worry about that particular bee again.

After all the cuts, scrapes and wounds that Chance has received in his lifetime, a bee sting definitely seems to be at the top of the list for having the most impact on Chance's pain level. Go figure.