I was studying for my stats midterm when Pete woke up from his nap. When I lay down beside him, he fell asleep again and I dozed off for a little bit too. It was the nicest feeling, snoozing next to him in the autumn sunshine. The phone woke me up. Probably nothing important, I thought to myself.
It was the school calling. Joe says it made his kindergarten friends laugh when he put rocks in his ears. He wasn't laughing, though, when he stuck a pebble in his ear and it wouldn't come back out.
Someone could see us right away in our family practice clinic; he took us over to ENT to use their cool mini-ear vacuum. "That's a big rock," said the doctor. The vacuum didn't work and the probe didn't work. The ENT PA, who has ample experience sucking things out of ears, couldn't get it out either.
This means surgery. Tomorrow, at noon. Again I say, thank GOD for health insurance. Say a prayer if you're so inclined, please.
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