they're everywhere!

[smartyjones]

i've seen some posts from people regretting where they live -- i.e. in the open, near woods etc. don't feel so bad.

 

we live 2 miles from our state's capital city, with population about 35,000. in a neighborhood of about 50 houses, with our lot less than 1/4 acre. we have small grassy yards and trees - nieghborhood is about 18 yrs old. . this afternoon, ds9 went out our garage on his bike, down our paved driveway, rode around the paved streets of the neighborhood. sat on a small plastic chair on the paved sidewalk. got his scooter from the garage. went around a few times. sat on the same chair. came inside.

 

i was feeling outrageously tired -- yesterday treatment change and wine on Easter, i guess. i wanted to sleep and had them watch a DVD in my bed. as i lay my head on my pillow, i see a tick crawling on ds's back collar.

 

yep -- it's about the size of a sesame seed and looks reddish. i first threw him in the toilet but then saw my state will ID it -- not test for lyme, just ID type. so i fished him out and he was still alive after about 2 hours. i think i thought they would drown. they refer a company that will test for $75. they recommend not putting it in alcohol, i thought you were supposed to. i'm not going to test b/c it wouldn't matter -- we're already on the TBI train.

 

this son is diagnosed with all TBI and i say i've never seen a tick on him. plenty of mosquito bites, but this is the first tick i've seen. if i hadn't have seen, he'd have gotten ds or dh tonight in bed!

[philamom]

Yesterday, two kids in my dd's class came back from recess with a tick on them. Today, my daughter said there was talk of more. The teacher asked the kids to tell their parents when they get home to check them for ticks. Their recess location backs up to a small woodland area.

[JAG10]

I was keeping score for my dd's softball team and flicked one off the score book. Ewwwww!!!

 

Didn't look like a deer tick though, too big.

 

Gross!

[philamom]

I was keeping score for my dd's softball team and flicked one off the score book. Ewwwww!!!

 

Didn't look like a deer tick though, too big.

 

Gross!

Score one for JAG10

I'm sure you're aware, but dog ticks can also spread TBI's, specifically some of the co-infections.

[JAG10]

I was keeping score for my dd's softball team and flicked one off the score book. Ewwwww!!!

 

Didn't look like a deer tick though, too big.

 

Gross!

Score one for JAG10

I'm sure you're aware, but dog ticks can also spread TBI's, specifically some of the co-infections.

 

GRRRR

 

Don't let the kids throw their hats/visors or batting helmets on the grass either. We lay out a tarp to try to minimize the lice/tick/gross PIAs from hitch-hiking home with anyone.

[philamom]

I was keeping score for my dd's softball team and flicked one off the score book. Ewwwww!!!

 

Didn't look like a deer tick though, too big.

 

Gross!

Score one for JAG10

I'm sure you're aware, but dog ticks can also spread TBI's, specifically some of the co-infections.

 

GRRRR

 

Don't let the kids throw their hats/visors or batting helmets on the grass either. We lay out a tarp to try to minimize the lice/tick/gross PIAs from hitch-hiking home with anyone.

I just ordered my husband, an avid golfer (who doesn't use enough prevention--adding more anxiety to my life), a baseball cap and socks with insect shield (last 70 washes). I ordered a sun hat for myself as well.

[smartyjones]

just got a report from my state and surprise -- not a deer tick like i thought -- but a lone star tick. many will say lone stars do not transmit lyme disease. and what i've found agrees -- not borrelia -- just possibly rocky mountain spotted fever, q fever, tularemia, ehrlichiosis, and STARI.

 

YIKES!

 

 

[philamom]

just got a report from my state and surprise -- not a deer tick like i thought -- but a lone star tick. many will say lone stars do not transmit lyme disease. and what i've found agrees -- not borrelia -- just possibly rocky mountain spotted fever, q fever, tularemia, ehrlichiosis, and STARI.

 

YIKES!

Yes...YIKES! Enough there to be concerned! Yesterday, I found two ticks in my house. I have them in plastic bags in my garage. Monday, I have an estimate scheduled to have my propery sprayed...I plan to ask what type they are. Before I knew about lyme, I would have never guessed them to be ticks (small).