Yesterday afternoon I was cleaning out the car, Levi was napping with Josh, and the kids were outside playing on the deck. Said playing involves lots of fighting, arguing, yelling at each other - I am told that this is normal sibling behaviour. I don't know.
Suddenly (and coincidentally just as I was finished with the car) Isaac was screaming - not a "mad" scream, but a "pain" scream. Ruth was yelling at Zech that "sorry isn't enough" or something to that effect. I intervened.
Apparently Zech had stuck a toy spear (a small one, like the size of a small twig) into Isaac's left ear. Who does that?!
Isaac was obviously in pain, so off to the nearby hospital/clinic we went. After a quick look in his ear the doctor said that 1. there's nothing left in there (good), and 2. the eardrum is not burst (good), but there is a tiny hole in it (bad). It will heal, but all we can do is give him pain meds and keep water out of his ear for the next week.
With as hot as it has been (though it's rainy and cooler today) we've been doing a lot of swimming; earplugs have been bought and we're on the hunt for one of those swimming headband things.
Isaac hasn't been complaining much of pain, but we gave him tylenol after leaving the clinic yesterday and again last night at bedtime. We'll see how today goes.
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