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Mom Sends Out Warning After Daughter Suffers From Tick Paralysis

A Colorado mom is warning other families to be vigilant after her daughter suffered from tick paralysis.

(CBS4) – Heidi Ganahl’s daughter Jenna recently went camping near Bailey and when she got home Heidi made an important discovery.

“I was putting her hair in a ponytail and I noticed a couple of ticks,” says Heidi.

Growing up in Colorado, she was used to pulling out ticks, so she dispatched of the parasites and went on with life. Until a few days later when her daughter started feeling ill.

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