[Nfbmo] A Sensitive Topic

Fred Olver goodfolks at charter.net
Wed Jun 19 04:47:43 UTC 2013


Randy, one thing which was not mentioned is that sometimes public health 
nurses are willing to assist.

Fred Olver
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randy Carmack" <randycarmack at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] A Sensitive Topic


> Thank you everyone for your responses.  Jenny and I have had to deal with
> this problem several times in the past and we have never been able to deal
> with it independently.  I was just wondering if there was some information
> for low and/or no vision individuals on how to deal with this problem
> independently.  Someone needs to develop some sort of device to assist 
> with
> this situation.  An automatic nitpicker, heck people without vision
> problems would probably buy one.
>
> Thanks again,
> Randy Carmack
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 8:18 AM, Debbie Wunder
> <debbiewunder at centurytel.net>wrote:
>
>> Hello Randy. I am glad you asked this question, so many people often act 
>> as
>> if they have personally done something wrong when this happens. If you 
>> have
>> a child in school, you are most likely at some point in time to 
>> experience
>> head lice.
>>
>> Yes this happened to me with all two of my children. My son went to a
>> private Baptist school in Saint Louis, came home with head lice. This was 
>> a
>> nightmare. After several treatments, also cutting hair, the school would
>> say
>> that he still had them. I took him to our pediatrician who helped me, he
>> returned to school the result was the same. So, after treatment I would
>> first make sure you know where the head lice if possible was contracted. 
>> I
>> was told it was my child, and no one in his classroom had them. The truth
>> was hi was little at the time and so his head always touched the back of
>> the
>> seat on the over crowded school bus, thus this is where they were found,
>> and
>> he was repeatedly being reinfec5ted.
>> The best thing to do as Susan said contact children's or Cardinal Glennan
>> hospital, and they can look at your Childs hair with a special light. 
>> Also
>> be sure to wash all bed clothing, stuffed animals if possible, and treat
>> furniture. I would as a precaution also treat all family members hair.
>> Head lice is nearly impossible for a blind person to rid on your own
>> because
>> the nits are so very tiny and stubborn.  You will really will need to ask
>> someone you are close to to help you.
>> Good Luck!
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Carmack" 
>> <randycarmack at gmail.com
>> >
>> To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 6:58 PM
>> Subject: [Nfbmo] A Sensitive Topic
>>
>>
>>  Hi Everyone,
>>>
>>> Hope everyone is having a wonderful Fathers Day and Happy Fathers Day to
>>> all you dads out there.
>>>
>>> I have a question that I guess should be directed to you parents..  OK
>>> here
>>> is my question, hypothetically as blind and/or low vision parents how do
>>> you deal with an outbreak of head lice?  I know that I cannot be the 
>>> first
>>> to ask this question.  I know that you could always ask a fully sighted
>>> family and/or friend to assist you but that is embarrassing and 
>>> sometimes
>>> they agree to help you but you can tell that they really do not want to.
>>> Also what if you are in a situation where family and/or friends are NOT
>>> close enough to you geographically and/or socially to make it feasible 
>>> to
>>> ask?
>>>
>>> To fully sighted individuals this, while being a pain and embarrassing, 
>>> is
>>> doable but I cannot figure out how someone who has low and/or no vision
>>> can
>>> solve this problem independently.
>>>
>>> Let me thank you in advance for your thoughts and comments on this
>>> hypothetical but common problem.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Randy Carmack
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