Bitten Again

I was bitten by two ticks yesterday. They were so small that I only knew they were there because they had caused two itchy red spots on the back of my knee. I only guessed that they weren’t blemishes because there were two (one I could believe, but two in that area seemed highly unlikely). I had to take pictures using the macro feature of my camera to verify that they were ticks. Even after they were removed, they looked like nothing more than bits of dirt. I’m pretty sure they were larval ticks, not only because of the size, but because they appeared to have only six legs, not eight. That means they probably didn’t infect me with anything.

But I still haven’t learned my lesson about ticks, have I? Walking around outside at this time of year is dangerous. If I’m going to do it, I should wear the proper clothes and take a shower afterward. And we ought to tick-check ourselves and the kids every day if we’ve been outside. How many tick bites must we get before I finally get this through my head?

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