What began as a routine shower ended in two hours of frantic searching, online spiraling, and genuine terror. When Emily found a small, swollen object tangled in her hair, neither she nor her partner could have imagined how quickly a tiny parasite would take over their entire night — and their entire apartment.
Emily was washing her hair in the shower, music playing softly in the background, steam filling the bathroom. Everything felt completely normal — until it didn’t. She called out in a shaky voice, and…
