Ticks are no joke.

One got me in 2015 and put me in the ICU with a heartrate of 25.

I passed out on my way to the bathroom in the middle of the night. The crash awakened my wife and she called the paramedics. Doc said If I stayed in bed, I probably wouldn't have woke up.

7 days in the hospital
PICC line
Temp pacemaker
30 days of self administered IV Doxycycline

All from a tick I never saw. Noticed the bite, and a (non bullseye) rash. Took 30 days for symptoms to occur.

Lyme Carditis. Stage 3 heart block. Check for ticks.


The woods and the water recharge my batteries.