"Aula" wrote in
:

just got off the phone with my mother. Dad picked up lyme
disease, although the docs believe they've caught it in
Stage 1. Mom took the tick of Dad on about June 4, but
they only found the disease today. No bull's-eye rash,
just a swelling around the site the size of an adult's palm
and a temp for the last couple days.

sigh i hope he responds well & quickly to the antibiotics.
the "typical bull's eye rash" shows up in less than half the
cases. i don't know *why* it's considered 'typical'.
anyway, *all* ticks in the Northeast should be considered
suspect & should be turned in for testing, *especially* if
they were attached to a child or elderly person &/or you don't
know how long they were attached (it takes about 24-36 housrs
to pass the virus through feeding)
lee who knows Aula knows this already