GERMANTOWN, TN- (WMC-TV) - It is a tiny pest with a big bite that can do major damage. One Germantown family said it only took one infected tick to change their entire lifestyle – something they have been dealing with for the past seven years.

Kelly and Lee Nanney's children were both bitten by an infected seed tick.

The family's home kitchen is covered in medical supplies, prescription bottles, and more as their 22-year-old son, Wilson, and 19-year-old daughter, Shelby suffer from Lyme disease.

"Every day is just a struggle, especially with the fatigue. I mean, it takes a lot of energy to just get up and shower," said Wilson who was bitten by a tick about the size of a period at the end of a sentence.

Symptoms first surfaced after a bad case of the flu. A rash and a fever occurred, and then it got much worse.

MEMPHIS, TN- (WMC-TV) - A Germantown woman's family was hit hard by the devastating storm in Moore, Oklahoma.

Ashley Orr says she spent several hours waiting by her cell phone wondering if her family was still alive.

It was a phone call around 7 p.m. Monday night that finally put her mind to rest.

"They stood in the backyard of my aunt's house and happened to pick up one phone call and they told one person and it went through the grapevine," said Orr.

Orr has a lot of family in tornado ravaged Moore, OK.  It was not until that one phone call that she and her mother could finally be at ease.

"One of my cousins was in his truck and it got completely spun around as he was driving it," Orr added.

Pictures taken by Orr's family shortly after show the extent of their damage.  Windows were blown out of their homes.