You know, I think a heating pad would help...but I do not have one. My niece got tubes in her ears because she was getting so many. Poor boo. I had no idea how painful it could be. I went to bed at 8 last night. The dog has been guarding me since I got back from the hospital. The pain is so bad I keep worrying about losing my hearing.
Xander: We just saw the zebras mating! Thank you, very exciting... Willow: It was like the Heimlich, with stripes!
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Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Allyson - Jun 24, 2009 5:51:08 am PDT #25517 of 30000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Allyson - Jun 24, 2009 5:52:09 am PDT #25518 of 30000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Oh yeah, they gave me drops. They're pretty useless, though.
sj - Jun 24, 2009 5:55:15 am PDT #25519 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Happy Anniversary to Cashmere and her DH!!!
Dana - Jun 24, 2009 5:55:23 am PDT #25520 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Soak a washcloth and microwave it, then wrap it in another cloth so you don't burn yourself.
Allyson - Jun 24, 2009 5:57:24 am PDT #25521 of 30000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Ima go with Dana's plan and lie down. I don't know how little kids deal with this at all.
Amy - Jun 24, 2009 5:57:33 am PDT #25522 of 30000
Because books.
Allyson, you can also turn a hair dryer on LOW and hold it near your ear -- not too close, obviously. Anything with a little heat will help.
Give the antibiotics another day, and use as much ibuprofen or whatever that you can.
tommyrot - Jun 24, 2009 5:58:03 am PDT #25523 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
msbelle - Jun 24, 2009 5:59:23 am PDT #25524 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I have never had ear infections, so other please speak up, but would warm water IN the ear work?
sarameg - Jun 24, 2009 6:02:55 am PDT #25525 of 30000
What Dana suggested. The warm heat helps. I used to get chronic ear infections and sometimes I really wished the eardrum would burst, it hurt so bad. There usually isn't much hearing loss, if any, from a single incidence of burst eardrum. I think it has to be really severe or chronic to get to that point. Doctors have put me on planes with the warning it might happen, "but it'll feel better afterwards. Just don't get water in that ear for a few days." Alrighty then!
OK, back to work.
sarameg - Jun 24, 2009 6:07:08 am PDT #25526 of 30000
but would warm water IN the ear work?
It sounds like it would feel better, but I wouldn't since she also has eardrops (and I don't know if they are for pain or an anti-b.) Also, I wouldn't want to introduce any more crap into the already irritated canal.