Outdoor Illinois Journal: When Lyme Disease Hits Home–A Mercer County Family’s Fight for Their Daughter’s Health

By Jenny Lelwica Buttaccio

May is National Lyme Disease Awareness Month. To illustrate the health impact of Lyme and the importance of tick bite prevention strategies, we’re highlighting one Mercer County family’s pursuit to help their daughter.

“It’s as if her legs had suddenly stopped working,” Mercer County resident Jennifer Russell said about the onset of a mysterious symptom her daughter Lauryn experienced in 2012 at the age of 7. “Lauryn came home from school, got off the bus, and couldn’t make it any further. She laid down in the driveway, and I had to pick her up and carry her inside.”

Read the story on Outdoor Illinois Journal here.