"No! No! It's still in there, I can feel it!" Paul insisted. Well, I knew it couldn't be a wasp, but I got the flashlight to take a look. Nothing. Still Paul insisted. I got out the gadget we use to check for ear infections. Sure enough, I saw something moving. I grabbed the hair dryer and tried to smoke him out. Didn't work. I had Paul turn his head so that his ear was facing downward. Then I asked him to shake his head. All the while I kept checking with the ear gadget and could see the little bugger, he just wasn't budging.
Then I thought of irrigating Paul's ear with water from the bulb syringe. Still nothing. Paul said, "Momma, I don't think that's going to work because the bug will just try to get away from the water and crawl up there further." Or worse--it could drown and die in there, I thought. Then Lydia said, "Paul it's going to crawl up into your brain!" Perfect timing, as usual, Lydia. At this point I was getting a little freaked out, but Paul thought things were just getting interesting. He wondered what I was going to try next.
I pulled out the hair dryer again. Finally the bug crawled out of Paul's ear. It reminded me of Star Trek--gross. Paul was pretty impressed and he tried to get Elizabeth to come take a look at the bug. She had been trying to avoid the whole scene by hiding in Paul's room. She had no interest in seeing the bug. Grace took a picture of it and then I threw it outside. Fly away little bug and go find some other person's ear to inhabit.
This has been a tough week for Paul. Monday he burned his finger while trying to light the candle for family worship time. It really hurt. He got a big blister as a result of the burn. Jude also had a little trouble. He fell on the cement and scraped up the right side of his face. Hopefully we've hit our quota for accidents this week.
That's really gross! The Star Trek movie you refer to is called The Wrath of Khan and I still can't watch it because of the creepy crawlie going into the ear and fusing to the brain. ~Julie
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