The Latest Craze

No, not fashions or kids toys....this is more about me and my latest craziness.  I picked Sofia up from school yesterday and her PE teacher told me she found a tick on Sofia's head after swim practice.  This definitely sent me into a tailspin of crazy!  Having had lyme disease myself and having a parent who is now on a six month course of antibiotics for lyme disease it is something that is very real to me and quite stressful.  I definitely don't want my daughter to get lyme and not be diagnosed for years.  I immediately took the tick out of her head and put it in a bag.  I called her doctor and made an appointment for a bloodtest a month from now.  After getting off the phone I decided this was not acceptable and I called the doctor back.  Her doctor was good and told me to bring Sofia in to her office in the morning.  She also told me that she spoke with a collegue and found out where in Prague I could bring the tick to be tested.  Last night I got my ducks in a row (thanks mom) and had all my arguments in place as to why I believed she should start antibiotics as soon as possible.  I went to bed but did not sleep well and had a lot of dreams about ticks and other insects.  I obviously did not do a good job of hiding my concern from the kids since Ali woke up in the middle of the night in tears becuase she thought she had a tick on her head.  I dutifully checked her head and sent her back to bed. 

We headed to the doctor this morning and the doctor agreed to prescribe antibiotics for Sofia for a 12 day course of medication.  I then left to bring the tick to the Department of Public health to be tested.  I will know on Monday or Tuesday if the tick had lyme disease or not.  If it did have lyme then I will insist her medication be continued for an additional 16 days.  I'm not as concerned about getting the doctor's approval anymore though so it doesn't seem as stressful.  I'm hoping that the test on the tick itself will tell me it did not have Lyme and that Sofia is safe.