Friday, July 18, 2008

The Gift of the Fungi

10:41 AM | Posted by MB Sponski | Edit Post

The Ringworm Brothers Celebrating
We had a new experience today...after getting haircuts, I discovered that my three boys all had ringworm...ON THEIR HEADS... GROSS!!! ...but also VERY common in developing nations and in areas with warm climates (and in barber shops where heads with ring worm are shaved?!!?). The really freaky thing is the fact that with this type of ring worm (tinnea capitus) all hair falls out in the area where the the fungis is....The kids each have a silver dollar size pieces of hair missing from their heads...The thought of Hannah catching this made me take quick action....Off to the clinic we went.


The clinic visit was less than $2.00. The medicine to treat the three boys was around $30...$30 well spent!! Premature balding at the age of 10, 8, or 6 is NOT a nice option...the thought of Hannah balding...uh, I can't go there. It has taken an entire year to grow her hair back after Jonathan chopped it off last summer to the scalp. And these African braids/extentions ONLY work if you have some hair to work with. HA!

Thank you Jesus for the clinic and a kind Muslim doctor who didn't want to see the White American children lose their hair.

I guess she's not worried about catching the ringworm???!! I may get myself a head covering to wear until the FUNGI subsides....(fungi...fungus...you must admit the word itself just sounds gross) LOL

1 comments:

becky up the hill said...

Oh goodness...oh me oh my..well Gabe's hair fell out from that infected chicken pox..his Mother ignored his complaining..'My head hurts'..that kid was always whining! I am going to send him this blog. His brother still kids him about another weird thing/fungus he got on his head..if I remember, Dr. George turned out the lights and his head was glowing or something . Hugs to the boys and the Princess and we are missing you like crazy!

July 19, 2008 at 9:40 PM

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