I vowed to not leave you and disappear, yet I did it anyways, maybe I am turning into a man… oops did I say that outloud? (Bitter Much, LMAO!) I recently just got settled into my new apartment, and this past Sunday I had everything completely unpacked. I should have gotten it done a little sooner since I moved into the place October 30th.

Recently, life hasn’t just handed me a lemon, life gave me the whole damn lemon tree! On October 23rd I went to the ER with horrible ear pain, and I was sure it was an ear infection. Let me tell you, I would have rather gone through natural child birth all over than experience the pain I was feeling! After sitting in the waiting area for about 3 hours I finally went back, and they looked in my ear and said that it didn’t appear to be infected, but I did have fluid behind it from my sinus’s draining! Then came the Morphine…. and an hour later when I was still in pain… the percocet. They ended up sending me home with pain drops and cough medicine.

Two days later…. on my daughter’s 3rd Birthday, after the party, I went back to the ER, the pain was worse and I had lost hearing in my left ear. The brightside was that I didn’t wait as long to go back. Guess what, my ear was infected, surprise surprise! They said my ear drum was intact, gave me a prescription for antibiotics and percocets and informed me it may be a little while before I can hear again.

So, I suffered… 7 days of antibiotics and I will not even go into the drainage coming from my ear. I started having horrible migraines and I was in constant pain… so on 11/3 I went back to the ER. A four hour wait to be called back and when I got back there, wow they took me seriously this time. So bring on the Morphine, yet again… IV antibiotics… and the amazement of the doctors, and looks on their faces when I told them this was my 3rd trip to the ER in 12 days about the same thing, yet it has worsened. So it was time for a CT Scan. That came back not so great. What happens when they don’t treat an er infection properly is Mastoiditis. The infection moves into the bone behind the ear, the Mastoid bone. This can ultimately lead to brain absesses, and then death. So I have now been released into the care of The Ear Nose and Throat Doctors and Surgeons. I am taking antibiotics both orally and in my ear, plus the pain meds. I go back this Friday and pray the infection is gone, because the only other option is them cutting my head open and cutting the infected part of the bone out.

I guess one main thing I want you to be aware of is, remember this … even though the cost of medical care is increasing, it doesn’t mean that doctor’s IQ’s are!!! All it would have taken was the right antibiotic from the first visit and I would have never had to go through this.

When life gives you lemons, they say you should make lemonade… well I am not thirsty…
When life hands me lemons…. I squeeze them in someone’s eye and run…. the excitement is worth it!