When we lived in Kenya, our 11 month old daughter developed pimples, about a dozen, on her back & sides. We first though it was a rash, but when my wife showed it to an older missionary friend she said, “Oh those are mango fly larvae. Some call them Bot flies.”
She proceeded to tell us to put adhesive tape over the bites, wait 24 hours and the slowly pull the tape away. The tape closes off the maggot’s source of air, so they start to crawl out and get stuck on the tape.
Sure enough, the next day when we slowly pulled the tape back, most of the maggots remained stuck to it. The remaining few were pulled out with tweezers. Mom & I had a problem with the whole episode (”My baby! Infested with maggots!”), but the baby just smiled through the whole treatment.
Ugh!
Poor baby! Your wife must have been beside herself.
That is an awful story, but I’m glad your baby bore up well.
Also wanted to say: great tagline, and so freaking true!
Kenyan Bot flies, eh? Uncle Sam has a similar ‘pimple’ located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.