Thursday, May 22, 2008

Ear Wax Update

So, I totally know everyone has been checking my blog like every two seconds to see how the how the earwax saga is progressing. I know! How dare I keep these important things from my readers! All three of you!Oh, all right. I have five readers. But, anyway, So the first installment of the earwax saga was on Monday and on Wednesday I was still hurting extremely bad. My Mom talked me into going to the doctor again. So we went. We went through the same routine as on Monday, irrigation, colace, irrigation, colace. Ever time they sprayed water in my ears, it hurt more and more. It made me dizzy and I was shaking all over. Finally the doctor had the nurse put numbing drops in my ear and Doctor Middleton went to town on my ear with the irrigation bottle. It hurt like a bitch. Dr. Middleton stopped because you know? It's just not supposed to hurt like that. He looked in my ear and said, "Oh! It's starting to move." I told him he could do it again but I was going to cry a lot. He said it was okay to cry, but I couldn't scream. Then he turned around and shut the door. I guess he didn't want me to scare all the little old ladies that were waiting for their turn to see the doctor. He sprayed the water in my ear and it hurt so bad, I cried and whined and then he said, "There it is!" Then I was crying because I was so happy! I was still shaking pretty bad but the pain was gone immediately! I was all " Thank you! Thank you!" All crying and stuff. I'll spare you the details on what the huge chunk that fell out of my ear looked like, but I will say it wasn't pretty. My Mom then said, "That was like giving birth!" and you know it was! All that pain and then the immediate joy that followed. I was even shaking like I just had a baby. Then my Mom started playing with that huge chunk wax. Gross Mom. The doctor then looked in my ear and informed me that I still had a tube in my eardrum that has been there since I was 12. Hello! That's not normal. Why am I not deaf with these stupid jacked up ears? But it was amazing that the pain just disappeared, just like that. So yeah. that is my story. It only cost my parents $300. Actually, I feel pretty bad about that. But my sister pointed out that maybe these things happen out here because I have someone here who can pay for me to get medical treatment, that heavenly father might have a hand in it. Maybe. Can't say that it hasn't crossed my mind before.

Also, today while we were hanging out at home, Three police cars and two or three ambulances pulled up to the house across the street from my sister's house. The woman in the home rushed out and hysterically started yelling at them to hurry. we waited and waited and many minutes later, they rolled a young girl out on a the stretcher. we couldn't see her face but we could see that they had a Machine on her giving her chest compressions and that her feet were purple. It became apparent to us adults that she was already dead. She had hung herself. I feel so bad for that Mother who had to find her daughter like that. You know, I don't even know her name, which is pretty said considering I lived here for over a year. I have a strong desire to help, but I don't know her, and don't know what I can do. I think the only thing I can do is to pray for this Mother. It's so unfair that she is left to deal with this. I am so, so sorry for what has happened to her.

1 comment:

CharlieJo said...

I'm glad your ear is getting better. How is the hearing?? ;-) hehee.

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