Head lice, up close...

 “Honey? Would you come here, please?”

“Sure, wassup?”

“What do you think of this?  What is that?”

“That, would be nits…  looks like she has head lice.  I will call the summer camp and let them know in the morning and I will stay home, call the pediatrician and take care of it.”

We explained to Kaitlyn that she had done nothing wrong, this is just one of those unfortunate things that are passed from kid to kid, and thus began our seven day odyssey and crash education in the pestilence known as “head lice…”

    I called the pediatrician in the morning, who told me that her last several patients had experienced difficulty getting rid of head lice, so she was going to phone a prescription for the "good stuff" into our local Walgreens.  Unfortunately, our local Walgreens, and any of about a half-dozen others in the area, didn't have it.  I asked the pharmacist to order this wonder concoction and bought one of the over the counter cures until I could get the prescription strength stuff.  

A Nit Comb