At eight years old Jennifer Saterdal was given one day to live from Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Her brother had two days. Her grandmother saved their lives with a magazine article when the doctors had run out of answers.
That was 1985. Ticks have not slowed down since.
Every year an estimated 31 million Americans are bitten by a tick. Reported cases of tick-borne disease have more than doubled in the past two decades. Most people still don't know what ticks are carrying.
Bitten combines a powerful personal survival story with current essential information on tick-borne illness - from Alpha-Gal Syndrome and Lyme disease to the congressional investigation into government tick research and the first Lyme vaccine in twenty-four years. Written for anyone who spends time outdoors, cares for a family, or simply wants to know what ticks are carrying before it is too late.
The breakthrough is usually one crazy lady away. Don't brush it off.
