Bugging Out

I did not get to wait for my alarm this morning....my husband woke me up at 5-something and said, "I know this may sound weird, but I think there is something in my ear and I might need your help"....wait, am I awake or is this a very yucky dream?  Change the dream....change the dream!  Of course, he wanted me to be BRAVE in an instant!  I got the ear scope thingy to look in there.....you know it magnifies things, right?....OH MY GOODNESS....I saw the biggest bug in his ear....I couldn't even get past the antenna I saw :P  Did I run from the bathroom screaming....GROSS!  GROSS!?...Maybe, but that was my way to do some quick research to figure out the best way to take care of this situation.

So...here's the scoop....never put a Q-tip or tweezers in the ear....instead, use some kind of oil...olive, vegetable...have them lay down with their ear in the air.  Pour some oil in the ear and leave it there until the person no longer hears or feels movement from the bug.  Then, you are supposed to flush it out with water.  I got ready for all this....supplies....mentally, emotionally....even spiritually...LORD please help me with this!  What I wasn't ready for was for the bug to scramble out on it's own.....hahahhahha! Isn't it funny when you are all ready for the textbook answer to the problem and it throws you off when something different happens. I was running through the house looking for a tissue or a paper towel :) Actually, it was a tiny little thing...like if it was next to me in my lawn chair I would just flick it away....easy breezy....but, somehow since it was exiting Brad's ear it seemed like it was from a horror movie....know what I'm saying?!  So funny that it caused so much commotion ....well, really I caused most of the commotion, I guess.

(Brad's addendum to this blog) 

My Hero at an Arms Length

So how does one get a bug out of someone else's ear without bending their elbow?  Just ask my heroine, Heather.  She is a professional at it.  I had put hydrogen peroxide in my ear to see if that would work while Heather did research on what would work best.  When I called her in to see if the bug was coming out, she wouldn't get close to look into my ear.  Even when the bug crawled out of my ear after putting oil in it, she grabbed it with a paper towel without bending her elbow.  It took her a few times to try and grab it but she did it by her 4th effort. But then she couldn't crush it...she made me do it.  But, I have to say that I couldn't have done it without her.  Thank you babe!  You are my hero! Now come and give me a bug....er I mean a hug.