Green Options » western medicine http://greenoptions.com/tag/western-medicine Posts tagged 'western medicine' Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:28:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Head Lice (Leave Mommy alone, She’s Shaking in the Corner) http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/07/22/head-lice-leave-mommy-alone-shes-shaking-in-the-corner/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/07/22/head-lice-leave-mommy-alone-shes-shaking-in-the-corner/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:28:35 +0000 Jessica Gottlieb http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/07/22/head-lice-leave-mommy-alone-shes-shaking-in-the-corner/ CDC Headlice PhotoI was a green mom until the lice came. When I saw the first louse I thought, “My goodness, get me some chemicals.” There were parasitic beings suckling on my child’s scalp. After sitting down and crying for a minute (twenty perhaps), I pulled myself together, grabbed a cup of wine and did what every rational mother does.

I called my mom.

Nothing, she had no advice for me. “Ask your brother, one of his girls had it a few times,” was her only bit of help. I call my brother who chortles, “Ha ha, it’s your turn to throw everything out.” I could hardly reply, I thought I was talking but the words wouldn’t come out. He continued, “Call the Doctor and get a prescription.”

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