A blacklegged tick, also known as a deer tick, is a carrier of Lyme disease. CDC via AP
A B.C. man is warning parents to be aware of ticks after his 6-year-old son suffered partial paralysis from a tick bite late last week.
Jamie Stevens, from Merritt, B.C., said his son Milo suddenly became unable to walk on March 12. Watching his son fall repeatedly when trying to stand elicited feelings of “sheer panic,” he told Global News this week, noting that Milo’s legs were too shaky to bear his weight. Stevens rushed his son to the hospital with lower-limb paralysis.
