*Tick Bites

One of my children got a tick bite this week right here in the city–just walking in a ravine. If I didn't have a friend who had tried to get a Lyme's diagnosis, I wouldn't ever have given my daughters' rash a thought. I'd have just tossed it off as one of those weird skin things that come up all the time. Kids get rashes. But I know better and I want everyone else to know better, too.

My d complained of an itch and a sting, but it didn't look out of the ordinary at first. The morning after...