Ewww gross!!

Another ‘as told to me’ story: 

It was a custom for the mothers to make a “pallet” on the floor for their small children or babies to play while the moms sat near-by preparing their fresh garden vegetables for cooking.

On this particular day my sister-in-law and my mother had placed a quilt on the floor for my niece and myself. They put us down to play while they sat close by snapping green beans. They noticed my niece pulling at something. Could it be a piece of white elastic tape? Not likely as our baby clothes had no elastic. They stopped snapping beans to give closer inspection to what Jewel was pulling. Imagine their surprise when they pulled it out and found it to be a tape worm from me! (Sorry, I don’t know the length.)

FYI: Rid your pets of fleas. Fleas are the easiest way for humans to contract tapeworms. They are the perfect host for worm parasites and are the easiest and most common way for humans to contract a tapeworm. A flea will eat the tapeworm embryo and then pass them off to your pet when they clean themselves off from fleas by licking and ingesting the flea. If your pets don't have fleas and you don't eat any raw meat, contracting a parasitical worm is just about impossible. Use an over-the-counter flea remedy for pets. Talk to your veterinarian for their suggestion or if the treatment you have been using does not fully remove all the fleas.