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Alexis Christine lives in Boston but has a second home in Kansas

As the outdoorsy type, the 34-year-old is used to finding ticks on her body after spending time in nature

Recently, however, she woke up one morning to find a seed tick clinging to her eyelid

Alexis Christine was spending time at her second home in Kansas when an ordinary day took an unexpected turn.

The 34-year-old tells PEOPLE she and her husband had spent the day clearing their yard, which hadn’t yet been treated for insects, such as ticks, which are especially abundant in the Midwest.

“In Kansas, ticks are pretty normal outdoors…wildlife like deer and fox are commonly spotted in our yard, which means more ticks,” Christine says. “You really can’t avoid them if you plan to spend time in nature and I’m ve

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