the one where...

if you are anything like me you lived the late 90's, 2000's glued to the television on thursday nights to watch f.r.i.e.n.d.s.  and you know they titled every episode "the one where..."

anyways...last monday i met wyatt at his classroom to say hi, get his backpack, and send him off to mathletes.  he complained that his ear was hurting and i thought that was odd, no other symptoms of an ear ache.  no fever, no runny rose, nothin'.  like a good mom i asked the questions trying to assess the situation (a.k.a. was he trying to get out of mathletes).  finally, he says, "mom, i have an eraser in my ear."  no.joke.  i was surprised, shocked, and when i looked in his ear and saw a piece of something pushed way back i thought "oh my goodness...what in the world!"

i quickly thought and called his doctor while we walked to the nurses office...maybe the nurse can help us.  the nurse confirmed it was in there deep and he'd have to go to the doctor.  thankfully, his doctor said bring him in...i was so glad a trip to the ER had been avoided.  seriously, what level of triage is an eraser in the ear...this coming from the mom of a childhood cancer survivor knowing how to play the ER card in her favor. 

we drove to the doctor, all the while camryn giving wyatt the what for in the backseat because she was bitter that she was not going to get to go to the book fair.  yes, we have some work to do on being concerned about her brother.  i guess she sort of knew that an eraser in the ear was not the end of the world by her standards.  

nonetheless...

we waited at the doctor's office and finally got to see dr.k.  i was proud of wyatt who answered dr.k's questions like the six-and-a-half-year-old he is.  she took one look and said, "i think i can get it!"  woohoo...no ER for us!  dr.k with the help of a nice med student got the eraser out of wyatt's ear, and let me say it was no small piece.  seriously, this kid had a hunk of eraser in his ear.

as we were leaving the doctor's office wyatt says, "you know mom it really was hurting me, but i can take it."  seriously, this kid of mine and his perspective on medical issues.

we got in the car drove home and camryn the whole time was saying she was so happy her brother was okay, that she was sorry she was being selfish, and she really didn't want him to have to go to ucla.

here's the irony...wyatt asked if dr.k couldn't see him could he go to ucla and see dr.m (camryn's oncologist) because dr.m takes great care of camryn and she had leukemia so he can take care of him.  seriously?

sometimes i just smile at my children's perspective on life...no medical issue seems all that serious.  that is unless it warrants a trip to ucla.  i guess ucla means it is bad, really bad...but, yet my children find extreme comfort there.

well, tragedy avoided...all is okay.  and i was thankful that once again we were taken sweet care of by dr.k.  love her.

so, it was the one where wyatt got an eraser stuck in his ear. ;)