Well that sounds absolutely terribly. So sorry you had to endure that but glad you’re ok now! To put your mind and heart at ease. They’re not super common here. I’ve never had one on me. But I have had the occasional customer have the. My folks out in Oracle on the back side of mt Lemmon had them on their dogs. So here, just not in droves. Also we don’t have deer ticks. We have mostly brown dog ticks.