It looks like it's finally over! All the bugs in my daughter's hair were dead! They've all been combed out and we've got nothing left but those stubborn eggs. Those could take forever to pick out, since those combs do nothing like they say they will, but it worked, and isn't that a small miracle!
Unfortunately, my poor child is suffering. As I washed the chemicals out of the back of her head I noticed hardened lumps at the back of her head. When her hair was clean and dry I took a closer look. I was horrified at what I saw, what my poor child was living with! The skin had all been scratched up, and scab after scab had been torn away from itching! The whole area looked horrible and I was almost afraid of touching it for fear of hurting her! My poor little girl must have been suffering so!
This whole lice infestation completely blew up on us. One day she was fine, then out of nowhere her hair was completely infested! Of course, the doctor's office made us wait a whole week for an appointment, so she had to suffer not only with failed remedy attempts, but through a whole week of waiting for the doctor to give her a prescription. I think in cases like lice infestations, they really should offer something sooner than a week. Kids suffer horribly that way and it's not their parents' fault when the cures aren't working or that their kid brought lice home from somewhere. I feel bad for the poor kid, since she was probably miserable. I had cut her hair shorter in hopes of relieving at least some of it, but it didn't do much good.
Thankfully, after removing all of the scabs my daughter had scratched off from her hair, it didn't look that bad in the end. It seemed like her efforts not to scratch all day while the medication was in her hair really paid off. It should only be a couple of days before she's feeling better. I can imagine how relieved she must be not to have her head itch all day long! I bet she'll sleep better at night too!
So today's sustainability effort has been tossed so I can take care of my kids. My daughter is now lice free and will soon be nit free too. My son has had a fever all day and has been sick and miserable, poor guy! The baby has been nothing but cranky all day. However, in some small way, this is an effort towards sustainable living. It teaches my children life lessons when I can take a break from making the changes in my life in order to take care of them when they need it. It teaches them that family will always come first in my mind, so hopefully my children will be raised in a loving and respectful way, which will drive them to find their own path to sustainability.
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