Just what I don't need

[fitzw]

Spent time in the woods this weekend, and then camped out overnight in the hay loft of the barn. That was great fun.

Found a tick (ick) on the upper arm of one of the members of Sunday morning. Removed it fairly easily. As far as I know, he's fine.

Found a tick on my inner thigh (double-ick) later in the day. Removal wasn't so successful, as it had gotten itself better established. At least part of the head is still in the skin. The site had a red ring around it last night, as if someone had drawn a circle using a fine-point red pen. Getting that looked at by the doctor some time tomorrow.

This morning, made the mistake of reaching across the top of the tea kettle for something (probably a spoon for stirring the oatmeal). I now have a second degree burn on my forearm.

*sigh*

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[fitzw.livejournal.com]

It's difficult to grasp the head of the tick when it's body is half-way into the skin following that head. This one was well embedded, regrettably. Unfortunately, also, we didn't know to keep the body of the tick afterwards. We'll know better should I ever have the misfortune to repeat this experience.

Doctor says that the infection is [probably] localized.