Lice!

On my way into the office on Friday, the school called. Lexi has head lice and I needed to come get her.  So I got on the train going the other way while I tried to remember who would be in early at the office so I could call and cancel my 8:15 phone meeting with Myanmar.

When I picked Lexi up, I could see a bug crawling in her hair.  The nurse gave me some literature and said that I had to show the receipt that I purchased the treatment to get her back into school.

We headed off to CVS and were soon home washing her hair with the special shampoo.  There were definitely lots of adult louse in her head. Yuck! We spent a fair amount of time combing it out of her head. 

I then proceeded to wash everyone's bedding, all Lexi's clothes and Natalie's,too, all the blankets and several pillows. Luckily, the daycare checked Natalie's head and said she didn't have them so I could leave her there while all this was going on.  Stephen, lucky guy, was in MSP for a board meeting. He missed most of the fun.

I also vacuumed and sprayed the furniture.  It made for a long day.

I think I washed Lexi's hair 3 times total on Friday and then twice on Saturday.  I decided I hadn't used as much of the treatment shampoo as I should have so did repeat that.  Even though I couldn't see my own head, I decided I had better wash it as well as it had been itching for a while.  I only found a few bugs in my head.

I re-washed Lexi's bedding and ours on Saturday morning as well as today.  I feel itchy all over!