Something blue...

Sam went to the doctor today. He has been complaining that his right ear hurts and has been poking his finger inside. So, the doctor took a look inside. She pulled back, with a puzzled look on her face and then looked inside again. She said, "All I see is blue..." She asked me about anything blue he had eaten or touched...but, I couldn't think of anything. Then, she had me take a look with her instrument. I quickly recognized the pattern of the blue object inside Sam's ear as a bead to the bracelet that Sam broke the other day. Sydney was wearing it around the house and Sam decided that he wanted it. When he tried to pull it off of Syd's wrist, it broke and beads flew everywhere. Apparently, Sam decided that he'd save the bead to play with later, huh?

The doctor layed Sam down on a table and shone a very bright light onto his ear. It took three of us to hold him down, while the doctor tried to get the bead out with forceps. The bead was slippery and completely round, so was very difficult to grasp. The doctor was about to give up and send us to an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist to extract the bead. But, she tried one last time, with a different instrument and was able to pop the bead out. I threw the bead away and told Sam not to put things in his ear again. He said, "Ok, Mommy, no put ear." Sydney's response to all this..."Hey, where did my bead go? I want it back! Do you have any more in there?"

Never a dull moment...