Monday, October 19, 2009

Something Gross!!!!

As I mentioned in my previous post, Eric developed swimmer's ear during swimming season. It is an outer ear infection/fungus that is caused by wet, humid conditions where the outer ear canal doesn't quite dry out enough. It is extremely painful and is treated with oral antibiotics along with antibiotic ear drops and of course, keeping the ear canal dry!

During our visit to the ENT, she accidentally cut Eric's outer canal as she was cleaning out the fungus. Due to the irritated, swollen condition, his ear bled for a couple of hours. Take a look:

We finally got it to stop bleeding and went back to the ENT the following day to show her. There wasn't anything we could do except let it heal itself. After about 10 days and many vists back to the ENT, it finally cleared up. One day, a big, dried, blood clot came out of Eric's ear:

As if that wasn't gross enough, Corey DARED Eric to EAT it!!! What a Dad, huh?
The first offer was 500 rupees - Eric said no and upped it to 1000 rupees ($20).
THEN HE ATE IT!!! UGH!
YIKES!! WHAT IS INDIA DOING TO US??

3 comments:

  1. That is SOOO GROSS! What the heck! I feel like I want to barf. Did you video tape the snack? blech.

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  2. That is AWESOME! LOL!

    Should've rolled some dice to up the ante even more. I want to see the tape!

    Miss you guys,
    love,
    uncle curt

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  3. Karrie, Sharon Black asked me to comment on your blog. I gave her your blog address so she could see what's going on. She didn't know you moved to India. Here is what she said when she read this blog about Eric and his ear:

    "Well, it is his own flora...Do I sound like a nurse?? What is the first thing we do when we cut our finger? or get it poked by a pin or staple or something? we quickly put it to our mouths, because spit has our own natural acid in it...that kills germs...so this is not so gross...after all it's his own germs, flora, of what he is made of...you all look so great...I am sort of on the envious side...want to live foreign...probably a less dense area of the world, though like...who knows...hawaii...not foreign I KNOW!?!?!?~~Sharon Black

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