The day after highway maneuvers to get a friend to the bus station, The Pony tried to sleep in and rest up. The sleep was fitful. The Pony wasn't quite sure why, but said it felt like an ear infection coming on.
"I have that pain in my ear. I know what an ear infection feels like. Tomorrow I have to go give blood for labs, and I'm going to ask if the doctor can look in my ear. They're usually really good about working me in like that. I'll be home in time for our shopping trip."
Well. The person who was supposed to be there wasn't. The Pony gave the blood, and got an appointment for Friday at 8:30, with a recommendation to get some Aleve to help with the pain until the appointment. That worked, a little.
"I'm sorry. I'll have to miss shopping with you this afternoon. The thought of bouncing around in your T-Hoe without shocks is not at all appealing to me right now."
Dang Farmer H and his lack of maintenance on my automobile! I had to go alone. I was fine. But I DID miss The Pony trotting back out to T-Hoe to pump gas, clutching my scratchers, while I had time to use the bathroom in Casey's. I had to do that before paying, and hoof it out to the pump myself.
Anyhoo... I had asked The Pony how an ear infection came about. "Did you get it underwater in your big tub?"
"No. I think maybe I was too rough with a Q-Tip."
Anyhoo... The Pony went to the appointment on Friday morning. Got a prescription for doxycycline, and a steroid for the swelling. We have to be careful, with me and The Pony both being allergic to the -cillins. I also can't take the cephalosporins, and The Pony had a bad reaction to Cipro one time. Doxycycline should do the trick. It cured my pneumonia after my Unfortunate HospitVALzation.
At 11:16 on Friday, The Pony sent me a text:
"The Aleve and steroids seem to be kicking in now. Or at least starting to. Still clogged with gunk but feels muchhhh less swollen shut, and pain is slightly better."
I hope The Pony is on the mend.
4 comments:
I'm sorry to hear about the ear infection, does he get them often? I don't remember the last time I had an infection of any kind, but I know ears get very painful.
River,
Yes, The Pony must have Farmer H's ears. They both get ear infections often. Usually it's from water getting in there. Or maybe at the end of a cold. I don't remember having an ear infection since I was a kid. It WAS very painful.
My younger daughter "no-one" got my tonsils. Infection after infection until she had them out at eleven,
River,
That must be something that our family can brag about! None of us ever had our tonsils out.
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