My 12 year old daughter woke me up this morning by saying that she had used earplugs to sleep (I guess she has been doing this for a while to drown out her sister's snoring) and a piece of the earplug had broken off and fallen into her ear canal. It was too far down for me to see. So I got out my trusty medical book, How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your Doctor. I was informed to call my doctor as foreign objects do not come out on their own.
Well, today is Tuesday. which of course means that our pediatrician is off and I had to call the covering physician. They said to bring her right in. So, with a bit of hurrying to get everyone completely dressed and hair all fixed we headed to the office. The doctor examined her ear and seemed as though he couldn't see anything but then picked out a few pieces of the plug (with my assistance I might add...wonder if he deducts that from the charges??). After several minutes of picking and pulling he determines that it is too deep and won't come out in one piece so we head off to the ENT. He is able to get it out easily and in one piece.
So, that was our morning....so much for all the great lessons and reading I had planned for this morning. We did manage to get schoolwork done this afternoon but it wasn't the same.
The one "good" thing was that I finally made an appointment for Connor to see the ENT. He's about a year overdue for an appointment. He goes for a hearing test and exam next Thursday. I am very curious to see what they think.