Georgia Toddler Hospitalized After Severe Yellow Jacket Attack
Georgia Toddler Hospitalized After Severe Yellow Jacket Attack. A Georgia family is facing a heartbreaking crisis after 2-year-old Beckham Reed was stung over 150 times by yellow jackets while riding a toy car with his cousins. They had unknowingly disturbed a hidden nest, triggering a massive swarm that covered Beckham in stings.
He was initially treated with morphine and Benadryl at the hospital and sent home, but within 24 hours, his condition worsened—his skin turned yellow, and doctors discovered multi-organ failure. Born with only one functioning kidney, Beckham was especially vulnerable to the venom.
He was rushed to the ICU at Memorial Health in Savannah, where he was placed on a ventilator, started…
