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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 397283" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>It's nowhere in the same category, but we had a problem with easy child 2/difficult child 2 and impacted earwax, back when she was 6 years old. We had two doctors we took her to - one was the local GP, but we could only get to see him on weekends, because her school was in the city. Or the doctor near the school. husband took her to the doctor near the school, because it was near his work. The doctor there was too nervous about syringing a little girl's ears and gave us eye drops to soften up the wax first. We used the ear drops for a week, then took her back to the doctor near the school. Careful syringing - no result. So next Saturday we took her to the local doctor. He was a bit older and more experienced, said, "I'll take a chance - I think I see a gap just over there, I'll aim the stream that way."</p><p>Eventually the kidney bowl received an earwax-coloured cylinder which turned out to be a mini-eraser from a propelling pencil! The other ear - same result. easy child 2/difficult child 2 had absolutely no idea how the erasers came to be in her ears. The yielding nature of the material meant that they had fitted snugly into her tiny ear canals, and also that attempts to syringe out had just caused the erasers to deform a little then spring back. And of course the ear drops had zero effect. The doctor said he would be dining out on that story!</p><p></p><p>The only way we can think of that the erasers got in her ears, was that maybe one day in class she stuck a propelling pencil in each ear and said, "Look at me! I'm a martian!"</p><p>However, she still insisted she hadn't done anything like that, either.</p><p></p><p>Mystery never solved.</p><p></p><p>I hope your difficult child's problems resolve once the foreign body is removed. And if he gives you a hard time, point out that there is no doubt that there is a foreign body there, and once it is known, it has to be removed. YOU didn't put it there. Who knows how it got there? But it is there and has to be taken out, before it causes even more trouble.</p><p></p><p>Foreign bodies in that end - I've heard some interesting stories. A neighbour we used to have worked as a pathologist and told us of some interesting things. He produced a research paper once that listed the range of foreign bodies removed from the lower GI tract of patients. He also told of one case he personally witnessed when he was attached to a local ER, of a man with a vibrating navel - a small vibrator (of the sort that should not be used that way, since it had no way to prevent it slipping all the way in) had got inside (the operator lost his grip, it seems) and, like an ear of barley inserted in your sleeve at the wrist stalk-first, had 'walked' its way up the descending colon and into the transverse colon. The patient must have got to the hospital fairly quickly because my friend reported that the navel was still vibrating, so the batteries had not gone flat.</p><p></p><p>I'll see if I can find a reference to that research paper, or something like it.</p><p></p><p>it is vitally important that you record as much of this experience as you can - you need blackmail information on him for later in life. Such stories can be trotted out for years (or you can threaten to).</p><p></p><p>My BFF's son's 21st birthday party was decorated, not with photos of the birthday boy, but X-rays from his many accidents. The fractured skull (from swinging on a rope over the river); the motorbike accident that put pins in his leg; the various studs, plates and pins in other parts of his body. </p><p></p><p>It's never a dull moment when you're a parent, but we always have the option of revenge later in life, for all the grey hairs they gave us!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 397283, member: 1991"] It's nowhere in the same category, but we had a problem with easy child 2/difficult child 2 and impacted earwax, back when she was 6 years old. We had two doctors we took her to - one was the local GP, but we could only get to see him on weekends, because her school was in the city. Or the doctor near the school. husband took her to the doctor near the school, because it was near his work. The doctor there was too nervous about syringing a little girl's ears and gave us eye drops to soften up the wax first. We used the ear drops for a week, then took her back to the doctor near the school. Careful syringing - no result. So next Saturday we took her to the local doctor. He was a bit older and more experienced, said, "I'll take a chance - I think I see a gap just over there, I'll aim the stream that way." Eventually the kidney bowl received an earwax-coloured cylinder which turned out to be a mini-eraser from a propelling pencil! The other ear - same result. easy child 2/difficult child 2 had absolutely no idea how the erasers came to be in her ears. The yielding nature of the material meant that they had fitted snugly into her tiny ear canals, and also that attempts to syringe out had just caused the erasers to deform a little then spring back. And of course the ear drops had zero effect. The doctor said he would be dining out on that story! The only way we can think of that the erasers got in her ears, was that maybe one day in class she stuck a propelling pencil in each ear and said, "Look at me! I'm a martian!" However, she still insisted she hadn't done anything like that, either. Mystery never solved. I hope your difficult child's problems resolve once the foreign body is removed. And if he gives you a hard time, point out that there is no doubt that there is a foreign body there, and once it is known, it has to be removed. YOU didn't put it there. Who knows how it got there? But it is there and has to be taken out, before it causes even more trouble. Foreign bodies in that end - I've heard some interesting stories. A neighbour we used to have worked as a pathologist and told us of some interesting things. He produced a research paper once that listed the range of foreign bodies removed from the lower GI tract of patients. He also told of one case he personally witnessed when he was attached to a local ER, of a man with a vibrating navel - a small vibrator (of the sort that should not be used that way, since it had no way to prevent it slipping all the way in) had got inside (the operator lost his grip, it seems) and, like an ear of barley inserted in your sleeve at the wrist stalk-first, had 'walked' its way up the descending colon and into the transverse colon. The patient must have got to the hospital fairly quickly because my friend reported that the navel was still vibrating, so the batteries had not gone flat. I'll see if I can find a reference to that research paper, or something like it. it is vitally important that you record as much of this experience as you can - you need blackmail information on him for later in life. Such stories can be trotted out for years (or you can threaten to). My BFF's son's 21st birthday party was decorated, not with photos of the birthday boy, but X-rays from his many accidents. The fractured skull (from swinging on a rope over the river); the motorbike accident that put pins in his leg; the various studs, plates and pins in other parts of his body. It's never a dull moment when you're a parent, but we always have the option of revenge later in life, for all the grey hairs they gave us! Marg [/QUOTE]
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