The Bead

Peyton took Destiny to the doctor last Monday. When he looked into her ears, he noticed that she had a bead wedged in her ear. He had Peyton take a look at it. He told Peyton to bring her back in on Monday morning so he could take it out. We were going to have to reschedule her appointment tomorrow, so we decided to try to get it out tonight. I had only one rule. If she said it hurt, we had to stop. We fussed with it for a little while. Finally, we got our pump for our inflatable mattress out and set it on reverse. We were able to move the bead just enough with the suction. It rolled over to the side, but it was really wedged in too much to suck it out. Peyton had a long pair hemostats that go with a model plane kit. They are really long and slender. Once the bead had changed positions, I was able to grab hold of it and pull it out. I do not know how Destiny has been able to hear for the past few weeks or months. She insisted that she didn't put the bead in her ear. I was really upset that she would lie about it when it was pretty clear that she put the bead in her own ear. Mema Shirley asked could she borrow some of the "magic jumping beans." She's never seen a bead that can jump right off the floor and into someone's ear. Finally, after admitting that she put the bead in her ear, I asked when. She couldn't remember, but she did say it was before school started back. School has been in for five weeks now. No wonder she turns the tv up so loud lately. She's had built in ear plugs for over a month.