The Rest of the Story

Venom, A.K.A. Adventurer One, has made several observations about "The Sting":

• "Once I calmed down, I remembered that I should have elevated my leg"--she has been certified in First Aid and CPR since mid-August. 
• She woke up in the middle of the night with most of her face numb and with double vision. The end of her nose has been the most numb, but the numbness in the back of her throat felt "weird" at lunchtime.
• She had no frame of reference for the initial pain of the sting. Nothing with which to compare.
• Her hands have been quite numb. She says it feels like they are tingly like they have been asleep and need to be shaken to wake them up, but exercise seems to make the numbness and tingling worse. The hour-long orchestra rehearsal this evening definitely made things worse. At 24 hours post-sting, her fingertips were still numb.
• The area of the bite (near her knee) is completely numb in an area about the size of her hand.
• Her little sister is good to have around in an emergency.  She made several phone calls in an effort to track down mom and dad, while Amazing Sitter tried to calm the hysteria of the moment; and she googled what to do when bitten by a scorpion (first on the list was "stay calm" and it was already too late for that). Her brother is good to have around also. He and Amazing Sitter were the Search and Destroy team.
• She thinks we should step up our scorpion-eradication program. The rest of the family agrees. 
• She blames the laptop keyboard for the attack. She thinks it is retaliating for supposed abuse poured out upon it. She thinks the scorpion is in league with it.