Sunday, November 16, 2008

Can it get any worse?????????

What is the ONE prayer that you pray everyday about when your kids attend a school? My very worst fear--actually a phobia has arisen itself!!

LICE

Yes--LICE!!!

I can handle fleas, but not lice! Poor Anna. She is the worst kid to have to get it. Her hair isn't very long (for some reason it just doesn't grow fast), but it's thick. Thicker than any of us. And....CURLY in the back. I'm not talking wavy---she has the curl that is so curly--it's frizzy.

So, I bought the treatment--nasty chemicals that are toxic to everyone and just did it. Then I attempted to comb out her hair---1/2" at a time. It only took 6 1/2 hours!
That was on Saturday.

Sunday--no church--of course! I put Olive Oil on Anna's head and then saran wrap with a shower cap. Took Rachel and Jacob to get their hair cut and "checked". They were clean!! Praise God! But guess who wasn't----ME. I'm not surprised. She crawled into my bed a few nights before all of this. At least I only had a few nits. (I did treat myself on Sat. night--just in case).

Got home and rinsed Anna's hair. 3 hours with olive oil and that should have taken care of the one's we missed. Only 3 1/2 hours of combing that time. At 7:oopm---I went to the hair place(after hours) and my beautician secretly did my hair for me. It only took her a total of 1 1/2 hours. I left the poison on my head for 20 min instead of the 10 and we even used the dryer some.

So what am I doing this week? Laundry. Not only do I wash Anna's bedding, but the whole house!!

1 comments:

SuzyScribbles said...

Oh, this is gross, Holly! Yes, you have to not only wash all the clothes but the carpets, the furniture, and everything. Chelle Slickers' boys (and Julia?) had lice years ago. It's a good thing Jessica didn't--with all that thick wavy hair! But Chelle was doing the laundry and cleaning bedding, sheets, etc. for days and days. What a nightmare!!!!!!!!!!!!