Sometimes it amazes me how astute my son can be! A little over a week ago he was scratching at his head, and asked me if he had "lice bugs" in his hair. I checked multiple times, but couldn't find anything so I reassured him that it was from getting so hot and sweaty outside.
Skip ahead to Monday afternoon... His teacher stops me at school saying that J was concerned about his head itching, but the nurse had been busy when she sent him earlier in the day. So, before we left the building we had the nurse do a thorough check. And sure enough... she caught a live one!
I must admit I freaked out on the inside, but tried my hardest to remain calm and let him know everything was going to be okay. (It didn't make things any easier to know that my in-laws were at the house waiting to go to my daughter's final basketball game!) We bought the medicine, went home and treated his little head. Then I went through the house gathering everything up that he had come into contact with over the past 3 days - jackets, hats, blankets, towels, you name it! Bless my husband - he stayed up late and even home from work that morning to make sure all the laundry I deemed necessary to wash was done!
All was going well... J and I were checked by our school nurse every day for a week and nothing else was found. I checked his head and my daughter's head at night, and still nothing. Our retreatment day was around the corner, and I thought we were in the clear. Then, in the middle of my daughter's Saturday night sleep over I found another little guy on J! Home went the little girl, and the whirlwind started all over again!
This stuff is the pits! I hate that it makes me feel ashamed because I did nothing wrong! I sent my kid to school and the YMCA just like every other kid that week, and we get stuck with this problem! It gives me the itchies, the willies, and the heebie jeebies all at the same time! Plus I think I have a sore back from the stress alone!
I just want it to go away!!!
