oocoos

or in english, lice.
yesterday, i got a call from the school secretary. elizabeth had head lice. she had been in her homework club, and the teacher noticed her scratching her head. she sent her down to the office. the secretary checked her head, and found living lice.
when she got home, i checked her, and didn't see anything. but i went into town, and bought the necessary supplies. a LARGE bottle of conditioner, and some nit combs. i got the largest bottle of conditioner i could find, because i had 9 people to treat. 7 of those being female. as it is, i still technically have 2 left to do, and little less than half a bottle left.

we threw all the coats in the dryer. all the "clean" blankets and pillows. washed the sheets that needed it. bagged up the animals and blankets that wouldn't fit in the dryer, and started on heads.
taylor and shaun got buzzed to the scalp. as elizabeth was the one that we knew had it, i started with her. oh, the drama! she has a tender head, and the nit comb pulling like it does meant lots of tears were shed. i then took care of the boys. i saved the babies until last cause they didn't have to be able to get up for school in the morning. we made sure all the kids had clean beds, and got the front room cleaned up.
we saved me and mom for the morning cause by then it was already 11p. and this was one tired mama!
got mom and i done this morning, and then my bed. still need to check on moms bed, but other than that, we are nearly done.
des and carli have been in the hospital for nearly a week, and i'm unsure if they need to be treated or not. the nurses checked them and didn't find anything. if they are still there on saturday, they are going to have them check again. i think if they are clean that second time, we will forgo treating them.

elizabeth, shannon and i need to be treated again in a week. we'll check all the girls on friday to see if anything new is there. i found a couple of critters on shannon, and some eggs, and we think we found some eggs on me. and boy did i find them on elizabeth.
when elizabeth went to school this morning, the secretary checked her and she was fine. that's a good thing to hear. a minimum of 1 more treatment for her. if she comes away clean this next time, it will be the last. if not, we'll do another one.

NOT the way i wanted to be spending my weeks before christmas!!!