MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — An 8-year-old Myrtle Beach boy has Lyme disease, and his parents are doing everything they can to pay for his medications and treatments and give him as close to a “normal childhood” as possible.
LeeAnn and Brian Kuhl said their family’s journey began when their son, Ben, came home with a tick bite on his belly button after a hike four years ago. He was 4 years old at the time.
Doctors told the Kuhls that as long as Ben’s tick bite did not have a bullseye on it, he would be fine, so Lyme disease, which is transmitted to people by ticks, was not even on the Kuhls’ minds. That changed months later, when Ben was diagnosed…