Comments on: UPDATE: Dangers of Disease Carrying Ticks http://www.waycooldogs.com/dangers-of-disease-carrying-ticks/ Answers to your way cool dog's health care problems, plus lots of stories and pictures! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:37:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Steve Young http://www.waycooldogs.com/dangers-of-disease-carrying-ticks/#comment-2558 Steve Young Sun, 16 May 2010 20:39:10 +0000 http://www.waycooldogs.com/?p=9747#comment-2558 We've all thought at some time it will never happen to me. Go ahead and laugh. You're time is coming. I was staying at my sister's farm recuperating from an illness. I was brushing my hair when I noticed a small lump in my hair. I wasn't too concerned because I assumed it was a mosquito. about 3 or 4 days, the lump was getting larger and starting to get painful. Now I've lived in the Platte Valley for most of my life and never ever thought about tic's. Ha, was I in for a treat. I called Nancy and asked her to look at the lump which had almost tripled in size. My imagination began to get the best of me. All I could think of was tumors, cancer any disease you could think of I knew I had. So my loving sister decided to take full advantage of the situation. She was telling me that I had a horrible looking bug growing and had crawled under my skin and was huge. I was beginning to lose it. I told her to get the gun, spray my scalp with DDT, anything to get this gigantic thing off of me. She began to start laughing, while I was ready to pass out, knew I was going to die, you name it. She finally sat down and began to start laughing. I yelled at her that while she was laughing, I was going to die. She finally stopped and showed me a little bug. We finally got the situation under control with proper treatment. I chased her around the yard until I ran out of air. The motto is don't ever think I can never get it, and make sure you have your running shoes on just in case you have a sister with a weird sense of humor like I have. 10 years later we are still laughing about it. We’ve all thought at some time it will never happen to me. Go ahead and laugh. You’re time is coming. I was staying at my sister’s farm recuperating from an illness. I was brushing my hair when I noticed a small lump in my hair. I wasn’t too concerned because I assumed it was a mosquito. about 3 or 4 days, the lump was getting larger and starting to get painful. Now I’ve lived in the Platte Valley for most of my life and never ever thought about tic’s. Ha, was I in for a treat. I called Nancy and asked her to look at the lump which had almost tripled in size. My imagination began to get the best of me. All I could think of was tumors, cancer any disease you could think of I knew I had. So my loving sister decided to take full advantage of the situation. She was telling me that I had a horrible looking bug growing and had crawled under my skin and was huge. I was beginning to lose it. I told her to get the gun, spray my scalp with DDT, anything to get this gigantic thing off of me. She began to start laughing, while I was ready to pass out, knew I was going to die, you name it. She finally sat down and began to start laughing. I yelled at her that while she was laughing, I was going to die. She finally stopped and showed me a little bug. We finally got the situation under control with proper treatment. I chased her around the yard until I ran out of air. The motto is don’t ever think I can never get it, and make sure you have your running shoes on just in case you have a sister with a weird sense of humor like I have. 10 years later we are still laughing about it.

]]> By: Nancy Houser http://www.waycooldogs.com/dangers-of-disease-carrying-ticks/#comment-2556 Nancy Houser Sun, 16 May 2010 18:38:12 +0000 http://www.waycooldogs.com/?p=9747#comment-2556 I have corrected the article, Elizabeth. Thank you for the information! I have corrected the article, Elizabeth. Thank you for the information!

]]> By: Elizabeth Wood http://www.waycooldogs.com/dangers-of-disease-carrying-ticks/#comment-2555 Elizabeth Wood Sun, 16 May 2010 15:24:42 +0000 http://www.waycooldogs.com/?p=9747#comment-2555 the picture of thie engorged Tick Looks to me like a Dermacenter veriabalis male not a deer tick. Elizabeth Wood the picture of thie engorged Tick Looks to me like a Dermacenter veriabalis male not a deer tick.

Elizabeth Wood

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