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Well, well, well.

Aric came home from his grandparents’ with bullseye rashes all over his legs. They were all very nasty and mean looking, and I was immediately concerned. I spent a good portion of the weekend Googling bullseye rashes, and every single thing I came up with pointed to Lyme Disease. Rob doubted that’s what it was, but agreed we should take him to the doctor just to be sure. I wasn’t sure what it could be, so I just wanted to get some answers. I was hoping the doctor would say it was a reaction to the green flies on the bay while he was fishing. However, that apparently isn’t the case. The doctor took one look at his leg and immediately called in two other doctors to check it out, too. They all agreed that they were most likely looking at Lyme Disease.

Then the doctor asked if Aric had been sick recently. Remember when Aric was sick a couple weeks ago? I had almost forgotten about it until today. Now things are starting to piece together - his sickness was exactly how it is described in any of the symptoms for Lyme Disease I have read. They drew his blood to perform the screening test, and we’ll wait to see what the official results are. In the meantime, he was sent home with a script for 21 days worth of antibiotics and he is to take them whether the test comes back negative or not. From what I’ve read, the screening test has false positives and negatives, so it’s not a perfect indicator. I just hope the antibiotics do their job and he doesn’t experience any further trouble after this. I’ve heard horror stories about this disease; I would like it very much if we’re not one of those.