Just thought I’d do a quick follow-up post to let you know that Book Boy and Book Baby are both A-OK.
The pencil erasers that BB stuck in his ears? The doctor managed to get one out on Friday, and the other one fell out at the playground on Sunday. He ran up to us with a little eraser piece in his hand, laughing, and said that he bumped his head (never did get more details about that) and caught the eraser as it fell out of his ear. He has definitely learned a good lesson, though, as it was most unpleasant to have the doctor remove the eraser on Friday. (And I have no idea what she would have done to remove the second piece if it hadn’t fallen out – might have had to refer him to an ear, nose and throat specalist.)
Book Baby has gained some weight – about 5 oz. from Friday to Monday, and her color (i.e. jaundice) is much improved. We’re still keeping an eye on her weight, and trying to make sure I nurse her as much as possible, but I’m not nearly as worried as I was last week.
Poor Two, on the other hand, didn’t have such a good day today – Book Girl woke me up this morning and said “Mom, you need to put Two back together!”
(Fortunately, it was a simple fix, and Two is good as new now.)
I’m glad everyone is thriving, even Two. (I was sure she was a goner.)
Belated congratulations! Sounds like you’ll be very busy for the next 18 years. Just keep in mind that if BB made more mistakes on his schoolwork, he wouldn’t have so much material to fill up his ears. It’s a kind of tradeoff for having a smart kid.
YAY! for everyone being good.
When Ruthie put popcorn kernels in her ears and the ped couldn’t get the last out, we got the referral… and when the ENT couldn’t get her to let him get it out (he could have with those tiny tools, but she was done with people probing her ears), she got to have outpatient “surgery”… they put her under (she loved it… wanted to go back… nothing like flavored gas at children’s hospital) and got it out.
So that’s what would have happened if a doc couldn’t get it out.