As spring temperatures draw more people outdoors, a local family is sharing their heartbreaking story as a stark warning: a single tick bite, from a creature the size of a pin tip, can have devastating and life-altering consequences.
Around this time last year, Kevin Boyce’s life took a tragic turn after he was bitten by a black-legged tick.
“He was in the hospital for about 24 days, I think,” his sister, Erin Boyce, said. “They had to med flight him from Emerson to MGH.”…