There were thirty tiny, red, egg-like spots on my husband’s back. I hurried him to the hospital, but as soon as the doctor saw them, he turned pale and ordered, “Call the police.”…When I peeled back my husband’s shirt that morning, I wasn’t expecting to find thirty small red dots, perfectly arranged across his upper back. They looked like insect eggs—tiny, glistening, translucent. My heart lurched. “Michael, don’t move,” I whispered, my voice shaking. He laughed, thinking I was exaggerating, until he saw my face.
Within twenty minutes, we were in the ER. I showed the nurse the photos I’d taken—each dot with a faint,…