In a previous posting I mentioned how I have this raging ear infection and how my puppy smacked right into my ear the other day... etc. Well, I've been sick for a week now with sinuses and it developed into an ear infection by wednesday. I've been on augmentin which is a pretty good antibiotic for sinuses and ear infections.... but it didn't work.
Last night around 2am I began to have severe severe pain. I ended up crying for an hour and a half before I woke my husband up just sobbing and shaking all over because the pain was so bad. He ended up taking me to the emergency room and we just got home now.
My ear is so bad that it caused the whole side of my face to swell, my whole ear is so tender to touch as well as my neck and that side of my jaw. I about died when they had to touch my ear to look in it with the otoscope. He never did visualize my ear because it was swelled completely shut. I guess that would be why I can't hear anything out of that ear.
The tears were streaming down my face and my blood pressure was 154/104 because the pain was so bad. And the doctor comes back in and tells me they're gonna have to put a wick in my ear to open it up so it will drain. A wick is this metal round thing that expands in your ear and pressing against the swollen area to open the ear canal to allow for drainage and to release pressure. As you can probably imagine... that was not a pleasant experience despite the pain medication they gave me. He brought in two nurses to hold me still and keep me from hitting him or jerking my head away.
So, now I can't return to work until Tuesday which will suck for me because I just took a full time positoin at my work and my sick days have not even kicked in yet... so I'm just not going to get paid for it. Then to make matters worse.... my hubby is out of work with a hand injury that occured at work and his company was just bought out his new insurance has not taken effect yet but yet his old one already dropped us. So, we'll have to pay for the prescriptions which there were only 2 (one for pain and one antibiotic) and those added up to 145 bucks! I'm hoping the hospital visit will be covered.
So, I'm still in a lot of pain and now I'm all worried that when I go to have this wick removed on monday that it's gonna hurt just as much as when they put it in. I've just had a sucky sucky night and I was feeling sorry for myself. I am going to have to keep the puppy away from me because I can't take the chance she's gonna bump my ear again and knock this wick loose and have it fall out or something. And dogs are smart because she knows there's something wrong with me and she tries so hard to get as close to me as she can and even whines. Well, I'm done whining myself... thanks for listening to me feel sorry for myself. I think I am going to try and get some sleep since I've been up all night and spent half of it crying.
Last night around 2am I began to have severe severe pain. I ended up crying for an hour and a half before I woke my husband up just sobbing and shaking all over because the pain was so bad. He ended up taking me to the emergency room and we just got home now.
My ear is so bad that it caused the whole side of my face to swell, my whole ear is so tender to touch as well as my neck and that side of my jaw. I about died when they had to touch my ear to look in it with the otoscope. He never did visualize my ear because it was swelled completely shut. I guess that would be why I can't hear anything out of that ear.
The tears were streaming down my face and my blood pressure was 154/104 because the pain was so bad. And the doctor comes back in and tells me they're gonna have to put a wick in my ear to open it up so it will drain. A wick is this metal round thing that expands in your ear and pressing against the swollen area to open the ear canal to allow for drainage and to release pressure. As you can probably imagine... that was not a pleasant experience despite the pain medication they gave me. He brought in two nurses to hold me still and keep me from hitting him or jerking my head away.
So, now I can't return to work until Tuesday which will suck for me because I just took a full time positoin at my work and my sick days have not even kicked in yet... so I'm just not going to get paid for it. Then to make matters worse.... my hubby is out of work with a hand injury that occured at work and his company was just bought out his new insurance has not taken effect yet but yet his old one already dropped us. So, we'll have to pay for the prescriptions which there were only 2 (one for pain and one antibiotic) and those added up to 145 bucks! I'm hoping the hospital visit will be covered.
So, I'm still in a lot of pain and now I'm all worried that when I go to have this wick removed on monday that it's gonna hurt just as much as when they put it in. I've just had a sucky sucky night and I was feeling sorry for myself. I am going to have to keep the puppy away from me because I can't take the chance she's gonna bump my ear again and knock this wick loose and have it fall out or something. And dogs are smart because she knows there's something wrong with me and she tries so hard to get as close to me as she can and even whines. Well, I'm done whining myself... thanks for listening to me feel sorry for myself. I think I am going to try and get some sleep since I've been up all night and spent half of it crying.
I sure hope you feel better soon!
