I am all ears

Cleanliness has been a major thing for me. At any given time I would not say that I am the cleanest person but when I shower, I make sure I clean properly, especially my ears. I need to have my Q-tips to clean my ears properly or I feel uncomfortable with a drop of water in my ears. The day I don’t use the ear buds, I am jumping around with my ear on the side to get that drop out. Well, you get the picture. I advice the same to my son as well and he does it everyday as well.

But it looks like not all take the time to clean their ears. When I read about the incident where a 9-year old had two spiders walking on his eardrums and had made it their home, I was shocked. How could not one but two spiders get inside the ear and live there. When my hair lock falls over my ears, it tickles me and I have to move it away from my ears. If an ant walks in my ear, I am jumping around everywhere to get it out. I am not saying that insects don’t get into our ears occasionally, especially for kids who play outside in the woods. But when something gets inside one will be irksome.

I feel sorry for that boy who was constantly complaining about faint popping sound in his ear, "like Rice Krispies" and his mother ignored that, until the pop became an ache that was unbearable and then the boy was rushed to the doctor to be diagnosed. The mother could have checked his ears with a flash light or made him jump with his ear tilted towards the ground. Maybe it is the season of spiders to make more spider-men. Someone should look out for that boy and see if he spins some web in the coming days. I am sure the boy will be excited. With this incident, I will be all ears when my son complains ;-)