The TickTracker Story
While on a summer family vacation in 2011, 13-year-old Olivia noticed a tick on her dog Mo. She and her mother watched helplessly as the tick burrowed into Mo’s leg. They quickly located tweezers to remove the tick. As Olivia removed the tick she asked her mother, “Isn’t there an app that could show us where all the ticks are?” That night, Olivia searched for such an app but found that there were none. The idea for the TickTracker app was born. From that day forward, Olivia was determined to build an app that would help people track, report, and become educated about ticks.
Olivia has suffered from chronic Lyme and co-infections since she was 6 years old. She is a Lyme advocate and the founder of The LivLyme Foundation.
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Why Give?
Over 350,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease every year in the US. This equates to over 29,000 new cases every month, 959 new cases a day, 40 new cases every hour. As the fastest spreading vector-borne (tick-borne) disease in the US, the number of new cases of Lyme is 1.5 times greater than breast cancer and 7 times greater than HIV/AIDS. 200 children get Lyme disease every day, that’s 4 school busses of children a day diagnosed with Lyme.
The cost to treat Lyme disease is in excess of $1 billion per year, or approximately $3,000 per patient per year. But, the per-patient cost of treating PTLDS (Post Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome) can be in the $10,000 – $100,000 range. Most insurance plans only cover treatment for the first month, leaving the patient with out of pocket expenses for medication, supplements and treatment.
Another challenge that patients face is the rising cost of medicine. Doxycycline, an antibiotic routinely prescribed for treatment of Lyme disease, has increased from $.03 per pill to over $5.00 per pill since 2014. Many patients take two of these per day. Without help, some children won’t be able to get the medication they need.
The LivLyme Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowable. Tax ID: #81-4433629.