It started like any other weekday evening.
After picking up their three-year-old son from daycare, a young couple settled into their usual bedtime routine. Dinner was finished, toys were scattered across the living room floor, and bath time was next on the list.
As the child’s mother gently washed his hair, something caught her eye.
Near the back of his scalp, tangled among a few strands of damp hair, was a tiny brown insect no bigger than a sesame seed.
She carefully removed it and showed it to her husband.
“What is this?” she asked.
Neither of them had seen anything quite like it before.
Their minds immediately began racing.
Was it a tick?
A flea?
A bed bug?
Or something picked up during the day at daycare?
