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Virginia mom dies after hornet sting

January 6, 2015, 3:58 PM

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Rich Creason shows the area where the hornets\’ nest was hidden under brush in his front yard. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty)
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Rich and Melodye Creason met in high school, he says, when she was assigned to be his partner in chemistry class. They were married four years later. (Courtesy Creason family)
Courtesy Creason family
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Creason kept one of the hornets he killed at the door as his wife was struggling to breathe in the nearby bathroom. He brought it to doctors to help determine how best to treat her. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty)
WTOP/Megan Cloherty
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Creason says his wife was swarmed by white faced hornets when she ran into the house but doctors only found one sting on her body. (Courtesy fcps.edu)
Courtesy fcps.edu
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