Me and the scorpion!!!!

Yes, that is blood on my shorts!!! Let me explain. Yesterday was the last day of swimming lessons for my kids and I wanted to be early/ontime. So, I quickly threw on my shorts....which sometimes I usually shake a little just in case of scorpions because we have found a few in our bedroom over the past year. Anyways, I put them on and then immediately felt a sharp sting and I knew!!! I just knew! (I have the chills just thinking about it!) So, I immediately grabbed at the area where the sting was in hopes that I was squeezing and grabbing the scorpion that was in my shorts. I was shaking and screaming and didn't want to let go of my shorts in case I did have a hold of the scorpion in the fold.....so I finally was brave enough to release one hand to try to unbutton my shorts and slowly pull them down. I immediately let go of my grasp and there was no scorpion. I didn't have it!!! So, I told the kids to hurry and get out of my bedroom because there was a scorpion somewhere. I then lifted the shorts again and there the scorpion was squirming around....I must have squished it a little when I went to grab at the area where it stung me. Anyways, the blood on the shorts is from me in panic grabbing at the area when it stung me and I sliced open my thumb from my nail in the process of grabbing. Blood was everywhere on my finger, and at the time I had no idea how I got blood on me and how I got cut..I was seriously thinking the scorpion got me from its pinchers, but that is impossible. So, after all that, I looked at my leg and had 4 sting marks!!! One big one and 3 small ones. It was the worst pain I had ever experienced.....besides child birth. It felt like needles were pricking into me and I felt movement underneath the area as if something was crawling underneath my skin. This lasted ALL DAY yesterday. The only thing that sort of made it feel a little better was ice. Then, I started sneezing a little and my nose was really itchy. Next, I started to get really dizzy and couldn't focus on anything. My eyes were just jumping around and then I noticed my hands and feet were all tingly and numb and drinking water was awful, because the water tasted like salt water and my tongue and throat were numb. So, last night I was still in a lot of pain and had a hard time sleeping, but by morning it has gotten significantly better. My hands currently are still tingly and numb, my knee is numb, and my eyes are still jumping around and it is hard to focus, but I think I am getting better!!! This was my first scorpion sting/venomous sting ever. I have never been stung by a bee or wasp or anything! So, I think my body reacted pretty badly to the venom! Now, I am even more freaked out by these little creatures because I don't want my kids to experience the awful pain I felt. And, if one ever stung Cole, he could die! So, yes, I am enjoying Arizona very much, and bring on the spiders from Utah because they are nothing compared to scorpions!!!