Welp. It happened. My little dude got his first tick bite today (he went outside before I got our tried and true bug repellent on him, and of COURSE we are due to treat our lawn again #reallife). (Check THIS out if you’re looking for my fav tick-be-gone recommendations! They TOTALLY work...when you actually USE them. Grrr.)
Worst nightmare in so many ways for this mama. You can see one of my tears on the tick baggie, in fact. I stopped myself from wiping it off before I took this pic because I realized that it’s the evidence of what this process is like for us all. There's EMOTION in this journey. I cried over this bag as I prepped it because I didn't want ANY of this to happen. It felt devastating. And I’m not ashamed to say that. I’m not too “above” the raw emotion and devastation to say that.
None of us are.
BUT, now is also the best time to take my own advice. What I CAN control is the action I take next.
We're sending the tick out for testing. I have a call in to our LLNP to get him seen and established as her patient for immediate treatment. And I'm pulling out our essential oil regimen, Ledum, colloidal silver, detox baths, foot potatoes, Buhner's New Bite Protocol, and continuing doing what we normally do to boost our bodies to be STRONG & HEALTHY.
I'm also working on being VERY intentional with my mindset right now, as tick bites used to send me SPIRALING into panic and a sort of paralyzing trauma response. I’ll be honest, I was starting to go there when I saw this bugger attached to my boy.
We cannot talk about this type of circumstance and NOT address the support we need for our minds and emotions! So it's emotional support oils for mama, uplifting music, some rest and meditation, calling on Jesus, and giving myself grace this afternoon.
We face our fears every day. Let’s not live in them. Fear is a liar. It won’t control me. I urge you to not let it control you either. It only serves as a catalyst for disease and UNwellness. That’s NOT what we’re about.
Fear out, faith in.
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