October 24, 2005
My ear is busted
In early September, my sister and her kids came to visit from Colorado. They love the backyard pool, so I was trying to impress them with “uncle hijinx.” I did the cannonball one too many times. I guess I must have landed just sideways enough to send a killer rush of air into my left ear canal. I spent the next 3-4 days with a swollen face and loads of pain. After awhile, though, the inflammation went down, but the hearing never came back.
Well, I just went to the ENT doc this morning, and he let me know my left eardrum is at about 75%. I punched a major hole in it. The doctor says that it is a simple surgery to fix, though. He’s giving it 3 more months to heal itself; and if it doesn’t, they will do a sort of plastic surgery on the eardrum to patch it up.
Filed by JP at 9:39 pm under Personal Drama
I guess I should have updated this post to mention that those extra three months made all the difference. My ear healed all by itself and I have very little hearing loss (if any).