What My Son Ate On His Camping Trip And Our Trip To The Hospital
My son TJ went on his first camping trip this weekend. He returned home early this evening looking tired. I was in another room when he came in. He headed straight for his room to check his cell phone so I didn’t get a look at him. It was only after he checked his cell phone that he came to me and asked me if his face looked strange. It did. Around his mouth was swollen and discolored. He said that it stung and hurt. I asked him if he’d eaten anything strange or new.He told me he ate a couple leaves. (Yes, that’s right - leaves.) I asked him why and said that someone had said you could survive on certain leaves and berries. I explained that didn’t mean he had to, just that it was possible. Off we went to the ER.
The male pa in the ER was a great sport with a great sense of humor. TJ looked a little sheepish about admitting what he ate. The man put him right at ease and informed me “Mom, that’s what we boys do”. The nurse in triage raised an eyebrow and chuckled. When the doctor came in and saw him TJ was sheepish once again. the doctor said that what he ate probably had something on it that he was having a reaction to. He told me to give TJ Benadryl and Chapstick and he should be fine in a few days.
On the ride home I stopped at the all night drug store and picked up the Benadryl and Chapstick. In the car on the ride home TJ asked if they’d fix the problem right away. I told him it would probably take a couple of days to get the poison (for lack of a better word) out of his system. At that point he told me he was going to tell the kids at school he’d gotten bit by an animal. I told him that was silly and that it would be obvious he hadn’t. At that point he told me he was going to tell anyone who asked that he’d been bitten by a scorpion, because saying he’d eaten leaves would sound dumb. You think?! I told him that there were no scorpions in New Jersey, but he wasn’t hearing that. I tried explaining that he didn’t need to get into explanations but have a feeling he will anyway.
So if you’re in my area and come across a 13 year old boy that says he got stung by a scorpion, take the news with a ton grain of salt. Then ask him if he’d like to rake your leaves.
oh man thanks for the laugh. Kids are such doofs sometimes and oddly enough, I think my own son probably has done or will do the same thing.
Too funny! My boys ate things that I wouldn’t even dream of touching and then they tell me ,”Mom, What did you cook , I don’t like it”
Funny stor yo tell uin years to come.
Mom - I still can’t believe he ate leaves.
I was wondering what happened when I saw your tweet. I love how he is trying to make stuff up, to make himself not look bad. LOL Too Cute!! I am glad it was nothing too serious and that he will be back to normal soon.
Angela - Thanks. H usually doesn’t give a fig what people think so this is both unusual and funny.