Piojos

I decided that piojos (lice) here in the ranch merited it's own post, so here it goes. I heard and observed when I got here that all of the girls, or a lot of them, have lice. Most of the volunteers who work with girls end up getting lice while they're here, but most of them only work with the girls a few hours a day. I knew I was bound to get lice because a lot of the girls in Casa Suyapa have it and I comb their hair twice a day. We also de-lice them once a week. I have learned a lot about lice and how to kill them (you have to smash them between your finger nails). A lot of the girls just have liendras (the eggs) which are tiny, but I have learned how to spot those and pick them out of the hair. What fun! Anyway, after only 3 weeks in Casa Suyapa (this was last week) I got lice. I kept itching my head and I asked people to look, but nobody saw anything. Finall I took matters into my own hands and borrowed a lice comb from Casa Suyapa. Sure enough, I had lice. I got the shampoo from the clinic and I think I am all better now, but I feel like I could get them again any day. But I guess there's no solution and I am not getting my hair. By the way, yesterday I was using my second dose of the lice shampoo and while it was sitting in my hair I used the phone. My phone got wet and now it is not working. I am going to try to get it fixed this weekend, but if anyone calls me and it doesn't work that is why. OK, that's all for now. I'm going to take a nap.