Paret Amanda og Latnz Lewis opplevde tidligere denne måneden alle foreldres mareritt. De har nå delt sin historie for å advare andre småbarnsforeldre, og vil gjerne at den deles videre.
Den 12. mai i år, oppdaget Amanda og Lantz at datteren deres Evelyn oppførte seg litt merkelig da hun skulle legge seg. Etter at hun hadde tatt seg et bad, ville hun ikke reise seg opp for å ta på seg pysjen. Hun virket litt sliten, og moren endte opp med å sove ved siden av datteren for å passe på at formen hennes ikke ble verre.
Morgningen etter, var alt forverret. Evelyn kunne knapt stå på bena, og klarte hverken å gå eller krabbe. Armene var nesten like ubrukelige som bena. Foreldrene filmet en liten video for å vise legen dersom formen ble enda verre.
We had a little bit of a scary morning today…luckily everything is ok but I wanted to share this so the rest of you are aware.
Evelyn started acting a little weird last night around bed time. She didn't want to stand up after her bath to get into her pajamas. I helped her and got her in bed. She was a little fussy last night and I ended up sleeping in bed with her all night.
This morning she was having a hard time standing. She could barely walk, or crawl, and could hardly use her arms. We took some video this morninh to send to family to see if they had any idea what could be going on. We decided to take her into the ER right after we took this video because her symptoms were getting worse, and given Lantz's history with cancer we were quite concerned.
We got into a room quickly, thank God, and were seen almost right away. The doctor talked to us for a minute and said over the past 15 years he had seen about 7 or 8 children her age with identical symptoms and more than likely she had a tick. They looked her over, combed through her hair really well and sure enough found a tick hiding in her hair.
This condition is called tick paralysis. It can affect dogs also and can be fatal. I'm glad we took her in when we did and that it wasn't something worse and that we found it before it got worse.
The ticks are out like crazy right now in this area so if your children or dogs start acting a little off, check them thoroughly for ticks!
I feel awful for not having seen the little bugger sooner but I never would have even thought to look for a tick. It's crazy that a little bug can do this!
We're still in the ER. Now that the tick has been removed, Evelyn should start feeling like herself in a couple of hours. She's enjoying popsicles and watching cartoons ☺ They want to monitor her for a little longer then we can go home
Crazy morning
UPDATE: I didn't realize how widespread this video would end up! So for those of you who don't know us personally, Evelyn is doing much better. It took her until the next morning to start acting like herself again. She is now pretty much completely back to her feisty little self. She complains a lot about her head itching but otherwise she's just fine.
My husband and I are still in shock that this happened to our baby girl and I'm glad we were able to spread some awareness about this. It's not terribly common for this to happen but it's good to be aware that if your children or pets start having weakness in their limbs to look for a tick! The doctor told us that the type of tick that was found on her does not typically carry lyme disease (dog tick) but we are keeping a close eye on her anyway.
"Tick paralysis results from injection of a toxin from tick salivary glands during a blood meal. The toxin causes symptoms within 2–7 days, beginning with weakness in both legs that progresses to paralysis. The paralysis ascends to the trunk, arms, and head within hours and may lead to respiratory failure and death. The disease can present as acute ataxia without muscle weakness"
For more information on Tick paralysis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick_paralysis
http://www.cvbd.org/en/tick-borne-diseases/tick-paralysis/human-tick-paralysis/I'm so thankful that we got her to the doctor quickly before her symptoms got worse and that the doctor in the ER that day had experience with this otherwise who knows how many tests they would have been doing on her trying to figure out what was wrong!
Thank you all for your kind words and support through this crazy time! ♥
UPDATE AGAIN:
We're located in Eastern Oregon USA. Ticks though can be found all over. They're causing all kinds of problems on the east coast of America right now as wellPosted by Amanda Lewis on 13. mai 2017
Etter de filmet dette klippet, dro de rett til legevakten. De fikk umiddelbart hjelp, og legen sa at han hadde sett dette 7-8 ganger tidligere i løpet av de 15 årene han hadde jobbet som lege. Han sa at symptomene mest sannsynlig kom fra en flått.
Etter å ha saumfart Evelyn, fant moren en flått i håret.
Det Evelyn led av kalles Tick Paralysis. «Salvien fra noen flåtter kan inneholde en toksin som kan føre til lammelse av barn. Det vil som regel helbrede seg selv dersom man fjerner flåtten korrekt», skriver veientilhelse.no om lammelsen.
Symptomene på Tick Paralysis er følgende;
– Prikking
– Slapphet
– Mangelfull koordinasjon
– Ustabil gange
I følge Wikipedia kan Tick Paralysis i verste fall ta liv, ettersom lammelsen kan ramme lungene.
Om du oppdager at barnet ditt har noen av disse symtpomene bør du få fjernet flåtten raskest mulig.
Etter at videoen av Evelyn ble lagt ut, har foreldrene kommet med en oppdatering – og det gikk heldigvis bra med jenta deres. Etter at flåtten ble fjernet, kom hun seg etter noen timer.
DEL gjerne denne informasjonen videre så alle småbarnsforeldre der ute får den med seg!
