Last spring, Travis Hoover, the superintendent of the LaFargeville Central School District, had a hard time waking up one morning after working outside.
"I waited a week or so and next thing you know, it took everything I had to get out of bed. I went to the doctor and went through about a month of checking tests and struggling every day to get up," he said.
Hoover got Lyme disease from a very small tick bite - one so small that it didn't leave a mark on his body.
Hoover is now joining a statewide initiative to teach children about preventing tick bites.
"Barely a week goes by that I don't run into somebody who tells me that either their self or their family member has been afflicted with Lyme disease," said state Senator Patty Ritchie (R. - 48th District).
Ritchie is working with health officials in Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties because of a huge increase in Lyme disease in her district.
The testimony of this man reminded me of a similar episode I had when I was just 13 years old, I could hardly get out of bed for a while and my whole body was hurting like hell. The doctor never told us what was really wrong. This kind of things do make one wonder.
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