Early Morning Wakeup Call

Usually when I wake up in the middle of the night it’s due to another trip to the bathroom or simply my need to change positions, but the other night I woke up to Justin writhing around in bed mumbling about something.  The air conditioner often turns off and stays off if the power has gone out at any point in the evening, so since I was feeling a bit hot I figured he might be feeling uncomfortable too.  But after he got out of bed and starting pacing the room I didn’t need to have my contacts in to know it was something else.  “What going on? Are you ok?”  He only said two words, “My ear!” but the way he said it I knew he was in severe pain.  Justin doesn't remember ever having an ear infection, but fortunately I’ve had quite a few so I could empathize with how he was feeling.  I jumped out of bed and started to look around for anyway to sooth his agony.  We didn’t have much around the house and I told him what he really needed was some antibiotics, but considering it was 3:50 in the morning we didn’t have much of a chance of acquiring those at the moment.  I grabbed some pain-killers; an oil soaked cotton ball and a hot wash rag and did what I could until morning.  It seemed to help and after some struggling he appeared to be back to sleep.  The following morning Justin decided to try and clean his ear out with a Q-tip only to discover blood and pus was now coming out of his ear.  I told him that the pressure might have been too great and his eardrum may have ruptured.  As I said earlier, I’ve had my fair share of ear infections, but I never had blood come out of my ear.  We knew that we at least needed some medications to fight whatever infection he as dealing with, so we headed to a close by hospital.  Of course, it was a holiday, everyday seems to be one celebration or another so this meant that no specialists were on duty and only a few basic doctors were there.  Although the doctor wasn’t able to confirm what exactly was going on with his ear he was able to give us the much needed antibiotics as well as some drops and some other medications.  We were told we could return in a day or so to have another check-up if it did not improve.  That day Justin spent a good amount of time sleeping and simply trying to feel better.  His hearing is muffled still, but he is taking it easy and I think he is on the upswing now, which is great.  

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[Dad]

Beck
I think you did great ,I allways use warm olive oil dripped into my ear or on a Q tip and whe warm wash rag is great to get circulation and relief .
Justin I hope you feel better soon ,nothing nuch worse than an ear ache.
I have to tell you also I am enjoying the sailing book I am at lake titicaca now where they show up with whe truck load of Beer .
Get well soon .
Love Dad