Saudi Head Lice Treatment and Removal Services: September is Head Lice Awareness Month
 
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http://www.thecootiecatchers.com September is National Head Lice Awareness month, in recognition of the time of year when reported cases of lice infestation soar as children leave summer camp and head back to school. There are few things more distressing to a parent then getting a call from the school nurse reporting that your child has head lice. All Saudi schools are back in session and that means there will be more cases of head lice found. Head lice normally do not show symptoms until they have already spread throughout the family or classroom. School and day care settings are perfect places for transferring head lice from child to child. Teachers and parents may need to be especially vigilant against these pests since school has started.

Head lice are small parasitic insects adapted to living mainly on the scalp and neck hairs of their human host. Their six legs are evolved to grasp hair shafts and provide a striking example of biological specialization. Head lice are equal opportunity parasites; they do not respect socio-economic class distinctions. Their presence does not connote a lack of hygiene or sanitation practiced by their host. Head lice are mainly acquired by direct head-to-head contact with an infested person’s hair, but may infrequently be transferred with shared combs, hats and other hair accessories. They may also remain on bedding or upholstered furniture for a brief period. Head lice cause between 12 million and 25 million infestations each year, mostly in children under 12 years.

Lice treatments are tricky to recommend. Chemical solutions often don’t kill lice eggs or they cause other symptoms and alternatives are hit-or-miss. So what do you recommend to your students’ parents when their kids have lice/nits?

The LouseBuster Treatment from Cootie Catchers .

Cootie Catchers is Saudi Arabia’s Premier Head Lice Treatment and Removal service that specializes in the safe screening and effective removal of head lice, using 100% natural products. Cootie Catchers is also the only Saudi Arabia head lice removal service certified to use the “LouseBuster,” which is the first FDA-cleared medical device to treat head lice and louse eggs (nits). Rather than the more well-known method of simply shampooing lice away, Cootie Catchers uses the LouseBuster, which is similar to a blow dryer with a diffuser-like tip. The device generates enough heat to kill lice and nits, yet operates at a lower temperature than blow dryers. After using the LouseBuster device, the treatment is followed by a “comb-through,” using a fine-tooth louse comb to rid the scalp and hair of lice and nits.

Intisar Umm Adam is the Lice Lady of Arabia , founder and sole proprietor of Cootie Catchers, Saudi Arabia’s Premier Head Lice Treatment and Removal Service.
To schedule lice treatments in your home or school call:
966-50 211 2608 (Now Servicing Riyadh 7 days a week. Will Travel for large groups.)

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Delivering the best possible lice treatment to families is our mission.

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Over the summer, please check your child’s head weekly for lice. Also Recommended:

• All members of a family should be checked if one person has head lice.
• Avoid sharing hair care items, towels, bedding, clothing, hats and headgear (like helmets for sports).
• Combs, brushes and similar items should be thoroughly cleaned in hot, soapy water.
• Recently worn clothing and bedding should be washed in hot water and dried in a hot dryer for at least 20 minutes before being used again.
• Items which can’t be washed or dried can be dry cleaned.
• Clean floors, furniture, mattresses and carpeting by thoroughly vacuuming.
• The seats in cars should also be thoroughly vacuumed.

I cook barbecue chicken, chili, mac and cheese. In Ramadan I never fail to have a big feast with turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, candy yams, and all the other traditional American holiday foods San the roasted ham. When I’m feeling ethnic I make tacos or order  pizza!

My daughters  ride horses and camels.

They are involved in many sports like swimming, Taekwondo, Karate, and gymnastics.

They are bilingual

They love adventure!

They go to the zoo

and museum

 They play Uno and Connect four.

They ride bikes and Green Machines.

They have sibling rivalry! It drives me nuts!

Most of all they have a GOOD FATHER who loves and looks after their well being.

We are American expatriates residing in Saudi Arabia. Many people have raised families abroad. We do no smoke, drink, do drugs,or engage in criminal activity or immoral behavior. Our daughters are as dear to us as our sons. As Americans in Saudi we are not expected to conform to the cultural norms of this society. We are not Saudi, we are American.

We know the value of proper upbringing of children. Children, are a trust given to the parents. Parents are to be responsible for this trust on the Day of Judgement. Parents are essentially responsible for the moral, ethical and the basic and essential religious teachings of their children.

Islam sees that if  parents fulfill their duties towards all children in terms of providing them with necessary training, educational backing, moral, ethical and religious education, this will definitely lead to a more caring child, a better family atmosphere and better social environment and awareness. The father is the shepherd over his family, protecting them, providing for them, and striving to be their role model and guide in his capacity as head of the household. 

There is no need to be concerned about my husband raising any of his children. He cherishes them all and would be the last person to cause intentional harm to them.

Muslims please do not admonish me by telling me it’s haram to post images. I do not usually publicly post pictures of my family and I seek refuge in Allah with His total words from the every devil, vermin and from the evil eye.

The water park has women only days and also has private bungalows with swimming pools.

I did not travel, but I hosted a family from Hail, KSA for a few days.

My family was invited to the desert by one of our dear adoptive Saudi families, from the Eastern Province. They were visiting Riyadh and we haven’t seen them since we left the EP, so we spent the day in the desert with them and later had a late dinner (in the summer, on weekends, and vacations dinner is not served until at least 10pm) at a relative’s house in a nearby village. I really do miss hanging out with my Simple Saudi friends. Since moving to Riyadh, I’ve only met the Elite. Well, I have two average Saudi families that I am friends with, but they still are on the fancy side. The ones in the EP keep it real….you can kick your shoes off with them and eat on the floor. Really, in Riyadh the people I know don’t take their shoes off and they eat at long dinner tables that seat at least 14 people…lol!

You see the pic with our old Suburban? Well the not so funny story, is that as soon as we FINALLY made it to the end of the road that led us to the section of the desert where the family farm is, my dh was instructed to abandon me and the girls in the middle of nowhere  (with no bathroom!) with some Bedouin women who were picnicking on the other side of their more modern ‘gymps’ (That’s how they actually pronounce GMC). He and Adam then left in a pickup truck to go drink camel’s milk at the farm. He called later to tell me to send the girls down to the farm and that’s where I took the rest of the pictures and some great video.

The last pic is the meal we had. This was the most fun part of the night (plus since we were at a house we could use a BATHROOM). There were so many people there. The host is the village realtor and he lives in this big huge villa with plenty of land and a tent in the yard.  They also have a separate house just for their humongous kitchen, which I thought was great considering I’ve had two kitchen fires.

Anyway, the family hasn’t seen me for a while and they were saying that it looked like I lost weight. One of the fluffier local women perked up at the mention of weight lost and wanted to know how she could lose weight. They started teasing her saying that she was a candy addict and spent 25 riyals on chocolate bars a day! That’s about 10 candy bars! She doesn’t exercise but she dances. She got up and tried to pull me to the floor to dance. I kid you not the old granny with the oxygen tank started chanting a Bedouin song..the women started hair dancing and granny got up and got jiggy with it. She pulled the oxygen tubes out of her nose and threw her cane in the air like she didn’t care!

That was a night to remember!

Here’s a clip:

Condo owners sinking in South Shore

Upkeep demands turning vintage property to money pit

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April 11, 2010

BY MARY MITCHELL Sun-Times Columnist

With a panoramic view of the Jackson Park golf course and Lake Michigan, the Shoreline Condominium at 2231 E. 67th was once a swanky address that only the elite could afford.

Barbara Proctor, founder of the nation’s second-largest advertising agency, once owned the penthouse.

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Mary Mitchell

So did two judges, and a pioneering South Side businessman.

But a place that was once a status symbol for well-to-do African-Americans is a nightmare for some of the people who are living there today.

Some residents are up in arms about hefty assessments caused by mandates, such as the City of Chicago’s facade ordinance.

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That article just brought back painful memories. We were always hit with assessments, special assessments, and then some! Let’s not talk about the property taxes. I hated watching my mother struggle to survive. She finally sold that Condo a few years ago.