The big happening of the week came on Monday. I was at therapy with my little kiddo, looked down at his hair and saw a bug crawling around. Over break I was visiting some friends, there was a question about bed-bugs, which obviously meant we all needed to watch the episode of the Office about head-lice (better to know something loosely related, than nothing at all?).
Of course, seeing the bug, of course it had to be lice. WHAT ELSE KIND OF BUG WOULD BE IN A LITTLE BOYS HAIR. Upon further research, we found a picture on The Interweb that was identical to the bug I was holding in my hand (gross, but desperate times call for desperate measures). Upon further scalp inspection I found some suspicious looking black dots and determined it was time for parental information - time to call the real professionals.
This brings us to a very pertinent question:
Q: Why should I keep hanging out with Hannah Crabtree if it's possible she has head lice?
A: I shaved my head.
Just kidding. Keep reading - I guarantee I do not have lice.
After conferring with the mother of said child, I re-loaded kiddo into his car seat and our adventures ensued as follows:
- Across town to a hair-dresser (you would think that of all the professions in the world, THIS ONE would know how to check for lice...) only to be told if a person is suspected to have lice, legally they can't touch their hair - we were told to try a doctor or maybe the pharmacist at Walgreens
- Across the street to Walgreens, haul kiddo in and back to the obscure pharmacist window, surprise, they also will not look at your child's head, nor were they particularly well-informed on head lice - re-directed us to UrgentCare (are you kidding me? and blow two grand getting my kid checked for lice!?) or "a school nurse would probably know" (why this more fiscally responsible option wasn't given first, I do not know.)
- Back across town to school, pull the two girls out early, get to the nurses, have them all head-checked
- LICE FREE! HALLELUJAH!
However, since said child's mother is a little bit of a self-proclaimed germaphobe, the army of nanny's combined with her will-power, determination, and extreme disgust of bugs (particularly the word "larvae") we have successfully lice-shampooed everyone's hair to be safe, vacuumed every piece of upholstery that cannot be washed, and laundered EVERY CHAIR/COUCH COVER, BEDSPREAD, SHEET, PILLOW, PILLOWCASE, SLEEPING BAG, STUFFED ANIMAL, AND PIECE OF CLOTHING in the house in the last five days. Just to be safe.
Long story short - we can still hang out. :D
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