Marcos Sauseda, 67, of Belton went home with his wife, 76-year-old Ramona, after spending three days in ICU at Scott and White Memorial Hospital.
"He is still sore," the couple's daughter, Eloise Taylor, said.
The couple was attacked by bees Saturday morning when Mr. Sauseda was mowing his daughter's lawn on Old Highway 95 in Temple.
Mr. Sauseda said he was covered in bees in a matter of seconds and fell to the ground unable to move. His wife made her way to the road and flagged down a passer-by.
That is when the Sausedas say the man they call their guardian angel stopped and risked his safety to help the couple.
"I picked him (Sauseda) up over my left shoulder and ran with him as far as I could. There had to be 500 bees on his back," Kenneth Watson said.
Watson put Mrs. Sauseda into his car and went to flag down the ambulance before rushing her to the emergency room.
Watson was stung multiple times as well and spent about three hours in the hospital, while Mrs. Sauseda stayed overnight.
Little River-Academy Volunteer Fire Chief David Borders was the first emergency responder on the scene.
"I saw the patient lying on the ground covered in bees. Bees were everywhere. There were more than I had seen in my life," Borders said.
Borders heard Sauseda screaming for help and said he couldn't just sit there and not do anything.
"I got out of the vehicle and put my jacket on his face and as soon as I did they started attacking my face," he said. "I dragged him about 25 to 50 yards down the driveway while we were being sprayed down with water to keep the bees off."
Borders was treated on scene, but said it took him several hours on Saturday to recover from the stings, the worst of which were in his lip.
Temple Fire and Rescue located the bees by a barn and sprayed the area with foam from a truck while they waited for Walker Honey in Rogers to arrive to treat the hive.
