Well, we’re still alive. Problem is so is our lice. I honestly had no idea what having lice entailed before this ordeal. I always wondered what was the big deal? Buy some lice-busting shampoo, wash your hair, comb it out and be done with it, right?
Oh, so very wrong.
You see, they lay these little white eggs all over your head. So, even though the actual bugs comb out easily, the only way we have been able to get rid of the eggs is to hand-pick them out because they stick to the individual strands of hair. I just spent two hours doing this on Haddie’s hair and feel like I didn’t even put a dent in them. Sadly, she doesn’t even have it as bad as yours truly.
The average person has 120,000 strands of hair on their head.
My mop has an estimated 1 billion.
Feel yourself itching just by reading this post? Welcome to our world!
And so our exile continues, at least for several more days. Thank you for the well-wishes and to my friend Lisa who sent her two children to drop off some delicious cookies.
Though refusing to come to the door and sending your children instead is kind of like sending the lambs to the slaughter, isn’t it?
We hope to reemerge with a full head of healthy hair by 2010. In the meantime, I would love to hear any advice you may have on surviving this.
I'm a Canadian-born mom of two, former Denver Post columnist, family travel writer, editor of MileHighMamas.com and 9News contributor. Expert on all things Utah, Denver, family and travel. Lover of laughter and life. Happily married to a man obsessed with growing The Great Pumpkin. 