Have you ever heard of the game "Would You Rather?"? Well there is a question that goes along the lines of, "Would you rather spend the rest of your life with swimmer's ear or a constant ringing in your ear?" I would never with for either of those to anyone.
At the water park I had the misfortune of getting water in my ears. I have been swimming for years. I was on the swim team in high school and I love water. Never have I had swimmer's ear. But that day, I got it. We tried all the remedies and ear drops you could imagine.
3 days later...still reading lips.
The two ears were a little different. They always have been seeing as the ears have been crooked since birth. My right ear was just plugged, but my right ear was plugged...and the pain. It was constant with sudden pierces of pain. I took medicine and still no relief.
4th day, Aunt Jessica gave me some antibiotics to see if it would help. I woke up, took the pill, put more swimmer's ear in my ears and kept reading lips.
About a week later the pain was gone, but so was my hearing.
I hadn't seen my cousins in 7 years and now that I was with them I couldn't hear them?! I wasn't too happy about this. And along with that, everyone around me would get frustrated with repeating themselves when I would say, "What" to everything. Or thought I was ignoring them. I felt out of the loop. I could see everyone laughing, but I had no idea why.
10 days later, I could start to hear out of my left ear. HOORAY!! But then the irony set in. The pain in my right ear was gone...but now came the ringing.
Not even kidding.
My left ear, I think, is all better. However, I still can't hear out of my right ear. And that ringing we all hate, yeah, that is still there.
13 days and counting...
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