Yesterday, while just laying down in the room, I suddenly felt something strange crawling on my face, at first, I brushed it off and even killed a big insect without giving it much thought, I told myself maybe my hair picked up something when I laid down, so I didn’t stress it.
But today, I begged my younger sister to help me make my hair, she was almost done when she got to the last weave and suddenly showed me something moving, It was alive, from my hair, i froze for a second, like “how come??” that was when I decided to spray my mentholated hair spray and wait for a few minutes… only to realize the unthinkable , I had lice, Like what!!!!
This is the first time in my life I’m experiencing something as dreadful and irritating as this, the moment I found out, I instantly felt itchy everywhere, even when nothing was crawling, you know that feeling when your mind keeps tricking you? That was me all through.
I rushed to tell my mom, and the first thing she said was, “Check your daughter’s hair.” Honestly, I didn’t want to believe it because I know myself, I don’t share combs with people outside, the only person I ever share combs with is my daughter and since she has been so clingy since I got back from Uyo, I already knew this was war.
When she came back from school, I sat her down and did the same thing I had done with my hair sprayed and waited, Lo and behold, there it was lice crawling in her hair too. My heart sank , i didn’t know whether to cry, shout, or just laugh at the whole madness, I immediately started treatment on her hair, then mine, then my sister’s, then even my mom’s hair too ,at that point, it felt like the whole house had become a battleground against lice.
Let me not lie, I was so irritated , the feeling of knowing something tiny is moving inside your scalp is just so uncomfortable, even now, as I am writing this, I still feel itchy, I don’t know if it is real or my brain is just messing with me.
I can’t even figure out how my daughter got it, i always make sure her hair products are available for whenever she wants to make her hair. I have always been particular about hygiene, that is why this one shocked me, It just shows how something so small can disrupt your peace and make you restless.
The girl in me wanted to cry, but the fire in me said, “No, this battle must be fought.” I was determined, you know how it feels when you are a mom, and you realize you don’t have a choice but to fight, not just for yourself, but for your kids? That is exactly what this was for me, lice might be tiny, but they came into the wrong house because I am ready to burn them out with every treatment I can get.
By tomorrow, I am going back out to buy more treatment, I don’t even care how much it costs at this point, all I know is, I can not be comfortable knowing lice are hiding anywhere in my hair or my child’s hair.
This whole experience just made me realize one thing sometimes, battles don’t come in the form of big storms, earthquakes, or fire , Sometimes, it comes as something as tiny as lice, and still, you have to rise, fight, and conquer, because the fire inside of us is stronger than any irritation or infestation that tries to shake us.
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