So, on Monday, I took the kids (Tyler and Dessa anyway,) to their first day of school. As I was dropping Dessa off in her classroom, I saw a little brown bug in her hair. The first thing I thought was lice, but this was pretty big for what I thought lice were and it looked like it had wings. So I didn't think much of it.
Monday night, I was standing next to her and Annee and I both saw another one. She too thought it was too big to be lice, so we looked up pictures of lice on the internet, and it was not what this thing looked like, so I thought we were good.
No such luck. I got a call from Dessa a little before 10am this morning saying she had lice and the school wanted her picked up.
I went into panic mode. I tried to see if mom could get her, but she was watching Matthew and Alyssa with no car seats, so I had to leave work. On the way, I called Randy and furiously asked if Guilee had it again, as we were over there 2 weekends ago. He didn't think so, but I still ranted on him, as I am pretty sure it had to have come from their house. (The only place Dessa has gone for weeks is to both grandparents house, camping last week, and then school this week. She has such a bad case, school said there was no way she got it there. Besides, I saw the first one on Monday, so can't blame them.)
I picked up some stuff at Albertson's before I dropped her off at home and went back to work. I had Annee start washing ALL of our bedding and drying the pillows, like the school told me to do.
When I got home from work, I used the kit to kill the buggers. The shampoo is strong, and seemed to work well. I could definitely see LOTS of nits, and the full grown lice all came to the surface, making it easier to get them out. However, I thought it was going to kill them, so I was using that tiny comb thing while we were sitting on my bed, trying to distract Dessa with tv. Not the best idea. When we were done, almost 2 hours later, we could see the lice moving on my bed. SO GROSS!
Luckily, in the kit I bought there is a spray that is used for mattresses, couches, etc. I sprayed that and it seemed to do the job. I also sprayed all the kids' beds, and Annee washed all the bedding today.
The lady at the school said one way to treat Dessa in between treatments (yeah, I have one more treatment to give her, at camp next week no less!) is to cover her head in mayonnaise, wrap it in a plastic grocery sack, and leave it for an hour. She suggested I do that to Tyler and the rest of us also, as we checked him and found a few nits. So I slathered Ty's head, amid his grumpy protests, and Annee did hers. I didn't have time to do mine, after getting done with Dessa, unless I want to be up for another hour. I will do mine tomorrow night, and treat Dessa to a head of mayonnaise on Sunday night, before we leave on Monday for camp.
I have to say, this totally screwed up my week. I had planned on going out tonight to case more dollar stores for showcase stuff and check out the DI for costumes. I had planned on going grocery shopping tomorrow night. Now, I had to spend all night on lice patrol, and will again tomorrow night, just to make sure this thing is taken care of. I have been itchy all over today, ever since she called me. It is not a good feeling. I really hope we can get it under control before we leave next week. This is NOT something I want to deal with on vacation, or after we get home, for that matter.
