Yeah... turns out some animals don't necessarily give back the way you want them too.
I spent four hours between the pediatrician and the pharmacy finding out that Evey has contracted...
Oh, how do I say this...
I'm so embarrassed...
She has fleas.
Yup.
My beautiful blond first grader has flea bites all over her head.
Red, itchy, swollon, scratch it till your first grade teacher calls home, flea bites.
Did I mention how humiliating this is?
The worst part was at the pharmacy.
I waited 90 minutes for a prescription and when it was finally read the box label it said lice shampoo.
What the what?!?
Then I yelled at the pharmacist for giving me shampoo for something my daughter doesn't have.
Lice? Gross!
How humiliating!
Turns out you treat lice and fleas the same.
Huh.
I feel so trashy.
Maybe if I hadn't worn my grubby stained clothes to the doctor it wouldn't have been so bad.
Note to self: Wear nice clothes and heels to the pediatrician when your child has a possible disease that could be labeled as white trash.
And then don't tell him the chickens are actually your kids pet.
And then don't ask if your daughter can still kiss them and hold them like they are her babies.
Done and done.
Oh no, poor Evey. Hope she feels better quickly.
ReplyDeleteOh no! Oh well, it wasn't bird flu :) It's not so bad really, kids need to interact with animals and it's easily fixed. Although, I can understand how you would feel! Get some powder for the chookies and all will be good.
ReplyDeleteSuzy xxx
Oh man! I didn't know kids could get fleas, thats crazy! Good to know though :) Hey, it could be worse she actually could have had lice!
ReplyDeleteYou just need a cat...they keep all the fleas on them and not on you!
ReplyDeleteHave I ever told you that you remind me of Heather Armstrong from Dooce but better. Like I can feel good about reading you and not have to tell my Bishop. This is totally a Dooce story and I love every bit of it.
ReplyDeleteI thought the chickens were supposed to eat the fleas!
ReplyDeleteAnd don't worry about how it looks - I don't care what people say, LOTS of kids get lice. It makes me want to hurl thinking about it, but my daughter got them in her beautiful, thick, long hair FROM THE MOVE THEATRE. My kids hate it because I make them carry an old jacket or something now to put on the seat.
Oh, and treat the yard with food grade diatemaceous earth. Won't hurt kid or any chicken.
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