Sunday, May 10, 2009

A day at the lake!

I can't find my camera to post what the family has done the last couple of weeks so I'm really bummed!
Took David fishing today with my niece Kyn and sister-in-law. Of course I'm kind of a girly girl and don't touch worms or fish. So my sis-in-law had to bait my hooks for me! Her and her crew caught a total of 12 fish. David and I, not so much! Had a few nibbles, but not one to catch! We had a great time. When David was in the bath tonight I noticed a dark spot on his back. It looked like a mole but with further investigation I discovered a tiny tick. I whipped out the alcohol and tried to smoother the tick out of my son's skin but the sucker wouldn't budge. So thinking it might be dead, cuz what can breath when covered in alcohol, I tried pulling it out with tweezers! Still didn't pullout. So I called my dad and suggested I cover it with finger nail polish to kill it. Sure enough the tick was still alive and now stuck to my son. It quickly died! After a few minutes or so I removed the polish and tried to remove the tick. Just for future reference ticks heads won't come out when it's dead. So now the head of a dead tick is in my son's skin! Now he's probably going to get an infection or Lyme's disease!!! Why couldn't my husband been home to take care of this!

1 comment:

aimeeoutdoors said...

Hi Brooke,

You should always pull a tick out with tweezers in the opposite direction it went in, slowly. Never leave the head in! I would head to the doc if it is still in him. Most likely won't get lyme, but there are so many other tick-borne diseases down there. Lyme causes weird symptoms in children. Believe me, I'm an expert now. Nail polish, and other home remedies don't do anything. Good luck!

David and Oma!

David and Oma!