I am very sorry for your loss, I know how such a loss feels.
Try to not get mad at what I’m gonna say. God didn’t make the tick the bad guy, Satan did that. And, probably to a degree humans. We’ve invented so many pesticides to kill bad things that we’ve made some things worse.
I never heard of lyme disease growing up, and I lived in the woods. You got a tick on ya, you pulled the sucker off and went about your business.
You are yours are in my prayers for your loss.
Thank you.