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I live in CT - a place where even the ducks can't deny that there is lyme disease.
So, I accompanied my son (he's 4 and already infected) and his nursery school on a field trip to a farm to see how Native Americans lived.
It sounded innocent enough - a farm.
Well, this trip included a hike through the woods, children falling in the leaves and sitting on the ground, hanging out in the woods sitting on logs, sitting around a campfire that was smoldering, smelled awful and was just alot of smoke.
My son and I were the only ones who took any precautions, like tucking our pants into our socks, wearing coats and not standing under trees when possible.
I do not think we got any ticks on us.
I am a bit concerned though because we drove two other boys back from the farm and I wonder if there could be ticks in my car? Hmmmm.......
It just amazes me how these school trips always involve some kind of walk through the woods.
Why?
I intend to find out just what every future trip is about. I guess farm can mean lots of things.
I'm just glad I was there and didn't just send him with the group.
Posts: 581 | From CT | Registered: May 2008
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Amazing to read about this level of ignorance there. Sounds like here, but you're in an endemic location!
I believe anyone of us can be a communicator about the issue. Can you get them some Lyme brochures, etc? Tick repellent is needed on everyone going outside like this. Sounds like this nursery school needs a big wake-up call!
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I don't know how you Parents do it, to be honest. Sounds like sound advice from Robin.
A wake-up call indeed. Let them do with the information what they will.
I find people who know I have lyme, who have kids themselves, who know I'm a city person and contracted tick-borne illnesses in the city...they still don't take standard precautions. Yet they have abnormal fear of west nile and triple E...
anyway: In juxtaposition to your story Opus:
A positive (brief) story: after a co-worker's 10yo daughter was bitten playing in the trees behind the school in southern New Hampshire this past June...
her grades plummeted from a 100 average to getting 60s on tests from an obvious infection....
The school banned playing in that wooded area. Posted signs as warning as well.
Private school, not public, but still....
The girl seems to be back to her ole self but it took that scare for the school to take that action. In a town where the infected tick-rate is at least 75% but projected to be higher.
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I think most people do not spend even one second thinking about ticks or lyme, unless they have chronic lyme.
-------------------- The fibromyalgia I've had for 32 years was an undiagnosed Lyme symptom.
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This is true. I hope we escaped the ticks - I have checked all over but they are so hard to spot. I just finished vacuuming my car.
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Someone, here on Lymenet, suggested putting a flea collar in your vacuum's bag to kill the ticks you vacuum.
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