Pop Goes the Eardrum!

Since we have been home from vacation I have had a difficult time sleeping in my own bed. After spending 2 weeks sleeping between the awesome individuals that raise me, I just can't stand being away from them. As my parents haven't been getting much sleep lately they thought they needed to kick this habit in the you know what. So Sunday night into Monday morning, at approximately 1:30 a.m., I woke up screaming, again. They decided that they would just let me have it out in my crib with me screaming at the top of my lungs. Eventually, or what seemed like forever to me, I decided to quit and just lay down and go back to sleep.

With Monday morning upon us and the hustle and bustle that every week brings, it was not until my mom brought me to school that she noticed that my right ear looked a little funny; it looked as if I had ear wax coming out of my ear. Now I don't like when people touch my ears, so naturally I pulled away and went about my business. There were no other signs until I woke from my nap and Ms. Liz noticed something coming from my ear. My mom and dad were both called and within a half hour I was whisked away to Dr. Manfredonia.

Upon arriving we waited forever to see her, but once we did, she took one look at my right ear without sticking anything in it and said "yup, he's got an ear infection for sure." Then out comes that annoying ear thing (otoscope). There was no way she was going to get a good look, in fact she barely got the otoscope in my right ear when low and behold, she said my ear drum had popped! Then she put the otoscope in my left ear, of course I was being held down, and she said I had a minor infection in that one too. Once again, a double ear infection. If you we all wondering what I inherited from my mother, here you have it, her HORRIBLE ears! I was recently informed that her ear drum popped when she was a kid too! Dr. Manfredonia prescribed Augmentin and ear drops and told me to come back in 2 weeks if I could not get into an pediatric ENT.

So I started the Augmentin and the ear drops are going better than expected. My parents realized what all that screaming was about early Monday morning - gotta love the guilt trips don't you! I also have an appointment on Friday with Dr. Engle, a pediatric ENT with New Jersey Coastal Hearing. He's a Wash U grad just like my mom. Hopefully he'll tell me that the hole is healing as it should be and all will be fine and well. More to come...keep an ear out for me!

UPDATE: We saw Dr. Engle on Friday and he informed me that my hole has closed. In four days flat I went from having a punctured eardrum to a perfect one with scar tissue. I should have no issues but I have to go for a hearing test in 3 weeks...that should be fun.