There are certain things in life that, having never experienced them, I dread. When one of these things actually occurs, it is sometimes a relief to know that I can get through this... I can handle just about anything. Friday I had the opportunity to stretch myself once again, when I discovered that Annie had head lice. Yuck. I know. Stop reading now if you have a weak stomach.
I was just getting ready to do her hair Friday morning when I looked down and saw movement. I was partially prepared for this, since I knew that another family in our branch had them, and it was a possibility. After ascertaining that the movement did, indeed, come from multiple tiny bugs on her scalp, I called Tim. This is usually my first line of action in any emergency. Being the noble husband and father that he is, he took matters into his own hands. Tim took the kids down to the nurse's office at the school, had them checked out (all clean), went in and told the principal he was taking half a sick day, stopped at the store for lice shampoo, and came home. With him, he brought a special $10 lice comb that the nurse loaned him. Do you see why I married this man?
We set up a chair in front of the computer, set up a DVD for Annie to watch, and started in on the nitpicking. Gross. She ended up not too badly infested... I only found 15 bugs and about the same number of nits (eggs) on her head. I think probably she hadn't had them for too long (we were at the house of the other infested family on Wednesday- and no, I didn't know they had a problem until we were getting ready to leave).
I went through her hair again this morning (literally, with a fine-toothed comb) and didn't find any new bugs. I am so looking forward to daily searches for the next week or so. I hope my poor back and eyes survive. On the positive side, the nurse says she is fine to be out in public.
Now that you've read this... does your head itch? (Shudder)
2 comments:
Believe it or not, we've never had this problem. It actually suprises me that we haven't. (I just scratched my head, actually everthing itches now.)
It sounds like you took care of it quickly and probably saved the rest of the kids from it.
Sandra had lice twice in kindergarten. Molly has never had it (helps to be a little anti-social). I had nightmares about lice for several years before actually confronting it in person. It was way less gross and scary than I'd imagined. But,very time consuming.
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