Stick It In Your Ear
Early this evening I was planning out our dinner, thinking about what to read to the kids before bedtime, and looking forward to getting some work done on the closet shelves. It promised to be a satisfying and productive night.
Then my daughter marched into the kitchen and announced, "I have a popcorn seed is in my ear."
I smiled, thinking it was a joke, "How did popcorn get in your ear?"
She replied, "When I lay down on the couch, it just jumped in! Now it kinda hurts a teensy tiny bit."
Suddenly I remembered the time, about a year ago, when she shoved a plastic bead up her nose and we had to go to an immediate care clinic to have it removed.
I grabbed a flashlight and peeked in her ear.... Sure enough, there was a shiny little popcorn kernel.
So, our evening was spent sitting in the emergency room. Not very productive. Not much fun either.
Oh, but the night did hold some surprises. When the doctor finally pulled the kernel out of her ear, he looked back in and said, "Wait a minute, there's another one." Then he pulled out a hard piece of wax that looked a lot like a popcorn seed. But he wasn't done yet. He announced, "I see something else." And out came a small piece of pink foam that might have come from a birthday party my daughter attended over a week ago.
Poor girl... Everything's just jumping into her ear lately. She'll be on antibiotics for awhile, just in case. And I might make her wear earmuffs until she figures out not to stuff things into her ear!
Then my daughter marched into the kitchen and announced, "I have a popcorn seed is in my ear."
I smiled, thinking it was a joke, "How did popcorn get in your ear?"
She replied, "When I lay down on the couch, it just jumped in! Now it kinda hurts a teensy tiny bit."
Suddenly I remembered the time, about a year ago, when she shoved a plastic bead up her nose and we had to go to an immediate care clinic to have it removed.
I grabbed a flashlight and peeked in her ear.... Sure enough, there was a shiny little popcorn kernel.
So, our evening was spent sitting in the emergency room. Not very productive. Not much fun either.
Oh, but the night did hold some surprises. When the doctor finally pulled the kernel out of her ear, he looked back in and said, "Wait a minute, there's another one." Then he pulled out a hard piece of wax that looked a lot like a popcorn seed. But he wasn't done yet. He announced, "I see something else." And out came a small piece of pink foam that might have come from a birthday party my daughter attended over a week ago.
Poor girl... Everything's just jumping into her ear lately. She'll be on antibiotics for awhile, just in case. And I might make her wear earmuffs until she figures out not to stuff things into her ear!
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20 Comments:
Happened to my Merry about three months ago.
I took a straw and sucked it out.
Avoided the trip to the emergency room and she still hears just fine.
Oh my goodness! How freaky is that?!?!?! Thank goodness you had the presence of mind to remain calm. In times of stress and panic, I hear it is even more likely things will jump into one's ear.
Now you'll know where to look for lost jewelry and car keys.
Even though I'm sitting here giggling, I do feel for yah! Kids do the darndest things.
Ear muffs. Just wrap her head and hands in duct tape. That'll teach her.
And if any keys do fall out, I call dibs!
That is quite scary and maybe the strangest thing I have ever read.
I do believe protective earmuffs may be in order. haha. Maybe you can make them and bring 'em to market - in all designer colors and patterns. You might be on to something there.
One plus side to this... She can hear me a lot better now!
That's one thing that has always baffled me about the knee-high set. I'm willing to bet that's not your last ear-related object extraction...lol!
Sort of changes the playing field when you say, "Do you have food in your ears!"
My daughter, on the other hand, puts everything in her mouth.
My gosh...I was waiting to hear if there was a little leprechaun in there as well! Sorry you had to take her to the ER, but what a classic story you can tell her boyfriend when she's older!
Kristen, I'll also tell him the story of when she ate some Aspercreme, thinking it was some kind of minty candy paste. Another fun trip to the ER.
Ugh! I feel for you. I hate those trips to the emergency room. I was telling my wife about your adventure and she reminded me about the time when she was a child and shoved a crayon up her nose.
Right then I went and put a full muzzle and my old high school wrestling head gear, that covers ears, on both of our children.
That's amazing. I've got 2 kids with 0 items in the ears so far, approx 8 years of "live time" and counting. Now, as for things being written on that I didn't want written on... that's not 0.
Lucky your daughter didn't have high fever, bearing in mind what usually happens to popcorn seeds in high temperature..
Never put anything smaller than your elbow in your ears. Tell her that and watch what happens. Hee Hee.
-OD
The doctor did tell her that, about the elbow, and she thought it was hilarious.
They also gave her this yummy popsicle to eat while they were looking in her ear.
With all the joking and the sugary sweets, she was having a good time. On the way home she said, "That was fun. Let's do it again!"
I almost drove off the road!
Ouch. That's tough! And I thought my daughter stuffing my VCR with pennies was bad.
ok :) after the fact its funny, but Im sure during the careful removal of the complete contents of your shed from your daughters ear it was not funny at the time....
When my second son was little, he shoved a chocolate covered raisin up his nose, with 20 minutes the raisin cos of the fluid up his snozzle had quadrupled in size and had bloked some duct up there, causing his face to swell almost double and his eye to be swollen closed........ so off down to Casualty....... apparently it could of been quite a dangerous thing if I had not acted as soon as I did...... to this day he does not like currants in anything and he is 21 LOL
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Once me wee brother stuck a crumpet up his bum. Off to Casualty it were. Odd though he does still like a good crumpet with his tea.
OMG I've never last so hard over then accidents that happen to our children. Thanks for sharing! Makes me feel pretty good, knock on wood, it hasn't happened to me yet!
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