I've Been To Walk In Clinic With Darling Daughter Because of a Tick
By Hate2Iron
@Hate2Iron (15724)
Canada
July 20, 2017 5:47pm CST
Well, I guess it had to happen, but I thought that it would be a bear that would scare the living daylights out of me. Instead it was a tick.
She came in behind me as I was working on the computer and told me that she didn't want to freak me out, but... she just found a tick on her body but she was able to pull him out and she was getting ready to go to the Walk In Clinic... with the little guy in a plastic bag to be send to a lab to find out if he carried Lyme Disease.
Obviously I went with her... Luckily the Walk in Clinic WASN'T busy for a change and she was able to get in to see a doctor within ten minutes. He prescribed antibiotics and sent us home. I'm hoping that is all there is to it, but I really don't know??
So much for a quiet day. I will keep you updated. And I'm almost ready to give up living in the country... I think that she might be thinking the same thing right about now!
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
21 Jul 17
Sorry to ehar. Hope thats all that needs to be done.
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
21 Jul 17
Luckily she is on antibiotics and the tick might not even be carrying Lyme Disease... you just can't take the risk.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
21 Jul 17
There are so many ticks around. It is scary. I hope everything goes well.
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
21 Jul 17
I never heard to ticks when I was a kid... now I'm afraid to go outside!
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
21 Jul 17
@Hate2Iron me neither. I never even worried about them last year when we were camping but this year I am kind of glad we are not camping. It scares me.
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
22 Jul 17
@Happy2BeMe You think that you are doing everything right and then you find one on you. I have never been so scared in my life!
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@toniganzon (77346)
• Philippines
21 Jul 17
It's scary! Imagining having a tick in my body grosses me out.
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
21 Jul 17
Me too... luckily she managed to grab it with a pair of tweezers.
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@Jackalyn (7558)
• Oxford, England
21 Jul 17
On my return from the US I panicked as I found a tick and rushed to the Accident and Emergency as that was the advice given to travellers. The UK doctor was really laid back and said "we see a lot of those." Nobody seemed worried at all. I suppose I was given antiiotics as a precaution.
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
22 Jul 17
The doctor that saw her apparently wasn't that concerned either. I was scared enough for all of us combined.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
21 Jul 17
I think to transmit Lyme disease they have to be on for a little while, hopefully, she got it off right away.
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
22 Jul 17
She thinks that she did... it had just begun when she saw it.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54745)
• United States
21 Jul 17
They say that ticks are particularly bad this summer.
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
22 Jul 17
I have seen more this year than I ever want to see ever again!
@snowy22315 (209265)
• United States
22 Jul 17
Ticks are a way of life around here..but fortunately, we don't get bitten that often. When I go to cut the grass I have been putting spray on though.
