Mum films daughter struggling to stand after tick bite
A mother has shared video of her young daughter struggling to stand after being bitten by tick.
Amanda Lewis posted the video of her three-year-old daughter Evelyn on Facebook before she was eventually rushed to a nearby hospital in Oregon.
The confronting footage showed Evelyn unable to maintain her balance with no strength in her legs or arms.
“She didn’t want to stand up after her bath to get her into her pajamas. I helped her and got in her bed. She was a little fussy last night and I ended up sleeping in bed with her all night,” Ms Lewis wrote on Facebook.
“She could barely walk or crawl, and could hardly use her arms. We took some video ... to send to family to see if they had any idea what could be going on.”
She added: “The doctor talked to us for a minute and said over the past 15 years he had seen about 7 or 8 children her age with identical symptoms and more than likely she had a tick.
If left untreated tick paralysis can be fatal.
“I’m glad we took her in when we did and that it wasn’t something worse, and that we found it before it got worse,” Ms Lewis added..
“I didn’t realise how widespread this video would end up,” she said.
“So for those of you who don’t know us personally, Evelyn is doing much better."
