see that little popcorn kernel van's holding? well, for some unknown reason, he decided to stick one just like it in jasmine's ear one morning before school (??!!). so i got out my tweezers to see if i could get it. no luck, there was no getting hold of that thing...thus started the 2 day dramatic episode of the popcorn kernel extraction.so we went to an urgent care clinic near our house, and they were going to charge us $300 just for the visit, not including the cost to get it out. it wouldn't have cost so much, but we just changed our insurance to an HSA account, and pay out of pocket for dr. visits. it goes toward our yearly deductable, so in the long run it's great...but for times like these, it was killing me to have to pay that much for a stinkin' popcorn kernel! just then, my sister called (the self proclaimed "expert at removing popcorn kernels from kids ears") and she said to come on over and she'd get it out.
well long story short, after 2 hours of my sister and i carefully trying everything to get that bugger out, 2 more trips to other urgent care clinics, and an overnite stay with the popcorn kernel lodged in her ear...the next morning we went back to the clinic and finally got it out. for the bargain price of $200.
it was pretty traumatic for her, but now she's back to her old self... 
ready to throw around the football with freddy and van at the school park
18 week belly!
so we all survived the popcorn kernel episode. another story for the books...
7 comments:
Oh my gosh! That's crazy! I've heard tons of stories about things going up noses, but in the ear?! Ouch! I'm glad she's okay!
Poor Jasmine...
But she was a trooper, I know and I am glad she feels great now.
Love,
Vovo
these are the moments that i thank God that i'm alive...the song sarah evans sings- comes to mind when i read stories like this :)
thinking of you honey!
you guys are so cute. and so is your belly. we have had our share of weird and expensive ER visits so i feel ur pain.
It's nice to know my kids aren't the only ones who do crazy things. Bailey must have been bored one Sunday in Primary and put the plastic rubbery earring backings in her ears - yes, both ears.
don't you hate the amount of $$ it costs for things like that? I'm glad it worked out though!
That totally made me laugh!! Boys are such boys. It was fun to see you, wish the circumstances would have been better.
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