Had to perform tick removal on mom this morning. She’s been going for ‘walks’ in the grass in the evening & she had 2 nickel-sized welts, one on the inside of each knee. The ticks were teeny tiny (deer ticks) & I wasn’t sure I could get them because the welts were swollen up around them, but they came off easily. Now we need to watch those spots & make sure they go away instead of developing Lymes characteristics. Always something!!
She’ll be getting boots or knee socks she can tuck her pants into & then spray with Deep Woods Off or something that will kill/discourage ticks.
When my daughter was little, she had a deer tick on her that was engorged. The pediatrician said that an early round of antibiotic is an early treatment, so that the Lyme disease doesn’t take hold. So he gave her a quick shot and we never worried any further. Sometimes I wonder if that was the placebo effect, but it worked for us.