Excuse my language, but lil phoenix has motherfucking lice AGAIN.
Found 'em this weekend. This time I'm not fucking around with OTC shit; I called the pedi and she brought in the big guns, some shit called Malathion that seems to be so ridden with chemicals that it makes me fear for DD's unborn children, although at this point I don't know what else to do. My mum and sister both checked me last night and didn't find a single thing on me, which boggles my mind. I'm still calling my doc again tomorrow to ask for something just in case (called today and was told they'd "get back to me" and never heard anything, douches) because if this recurs again I will officially lose. my. shit.
So everything in the house that can be washed went back to the laundromat and I applied the rifuckingdiculously repulsive Malathion to her hair while she objected loudly and with good reason; shit smells like I doused her with gasoline and lit her on fire, and then doused it with gin. Awful. I feel like a shitbag for having to do this, but it's the third time in two months, and I don't know what else to do. I'm doing everything by the book, just like I'm being told from every direction, and still...those fuckers keep coming back. My mum was all "oh, if the doctor prescribed it then it can't be bad for her." and...well, I wish I could believe that, but I doubt this is GOOD for her. I weighed the risks and benefits-- risks being obviously that these chemicals are a terrible thing to introduce to a three year old'd body, benefits being that if this licks it for good I can finally sleep at night and know she's not going to get thrown out of daycare for having a bug on her head that I didn't know was there-- and decided at this point I don't want to fuck around anymore. Obviously I feel guilty, or I wouldn't be blathering on about it. She needs to keep this garbage on her head for TWELVE HOURS and then we'll get up at the butt crack of dawn to wash it out.
I pray to all that is holy that this shit be done with, here and now. I realize there are far more worse things than harmless bugs; my daughter is healthy and happy and for that I'm grateful a bazillion fucking times over....but for real, I can't do this anymore. Once a year or something, maybe. But three times in 8 weeks? I'm losing my mind. I'm terrified she's going to get booted from daycare for X amount of days that her provider thinks will be "safe" and I'll have to miss work. I can't even sleep at night. So PUH-LEASE, let this be it!!!
Ps- her school still claims she's the only one who has it. Has EVER had it, actually, other than ONE kid five years ago. I smell bullshit, and loads of it. Thursday is her last day at this daycare (not because of the lice, but because we're moving!) so hopefully the Noxious Chemicals and Change of Schools combo will be the ticket out of Licetown that we need. {Crossing fingers}
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We had fleas for months when I first bought my 2 family house. Old tenants were morons, and did not wash everything, so they just kept on coming back. It was BAAAAAAAAD. I totally sympathize iwth the washing and rewashing of everything. I threw out more clothes, curtains etc. than is at all reasonable. Started with 15 loads of laundry to wash everything, got it down to 7 by the end, all bedding, curtains, clothes. I feel your pain a bit on this one. It was incredibly frustrating. INCREDIBLY. I can only imagine how much worse lice are, what with the school issues.
I hope this kills them for you and that they don't come back. I would bet that you're absolutely right, someone else has them at school/daycare and keeps passing them back. Make sure to vacuum your car at the car wash reaaaaally thoroughly. If you vacuum at home, throw the bag or container into the freezer after each vacuuming to prevent the little buggers from crawling back out of the bag. (This can happen with fleas, i don't know about lice, but it would make sense.)
good luck!
because it is complete bullshit. people don't get lice from thin air.
from what i read, lice doesn't get eradicated any better by noxious chemicals than by just picking them out of your hair and treating the bedding.
but your daughter is a living organism, whose exposure to these pesticides will be only one night. she will metabolize this stuff and be ok. people survive and thrive when exposed to worse shit, day in and day out. she will be fine.
What a drag!
The good news is, Malathion isn't a mutagen. It won't cause your daughter to have flipper babies. No worries. As far as horribly poisonous smelling chemicals go, it's not too bad.
My dad used to use it on our grapevines to kill of the bugs. It can make you sick if you cover yourself in it, drink it, or inhale a ton of it. But You'd either have to be doing it on purpose, or using it heavily every day for weeks at a time.
Good luck. I hope it works, and that you never ever have to do it again.
Lice prefer neat heads if that comforts you. So you can hold your head up. Nevertheless hugging you and Lil Phoenix!
...the lover, the dreamer, and me (Jim Henson)
I was going to say this. Lice stick better to clean hair so don't feel dirty. I hope this last episode kills them all.
when i saw this article.
like all insects, they do develop resistance to the chemicals used to kill them.
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