a crappy day for Allie

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Allie went to school this morning. 30 min later I get a call from the

school that she's upset, won't calm down, is poking her ear with her

finger. Craig went to get her so I could attend my lectures at school.

He took her to work with him and she started bleeding from her ear

canal. Turns out she has strep and a busted ear drum. The only signs

of illness she's had is a little fussy and slightly less appetite. I

noticed her breath smelt a little foul last night, but had no idea she

was so sick.

Now she has to get 2 shots a day for the next 3 days because she won't

take pills or liquid. She's very upset, but I told her she HAS to have

medicine, that she can choose to swallow a pill, take some

good-tasting liquid medicine, or get shots. She screams at me every

time and says, " NO MEDI! NO SHOTS! " Then I tell her the medicine is a

" have to " not a choice, but the way she gets the medicine is up to her.

Any advice on how to help her choose?

Man, do I really hate what she has to endure.

Debi

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Ritalin is in a patch form now! its called " Daytrana " and I love

it. Except that if I dont get it wet before removing it in the

evening, it takes several layers of skin off with it and I shriek

like a banshee.

FE

> >

> > Actually, isn't a place with foul smelling drainage the perfect

> place for

> > bacteria? At least in nature that seems to be where bacteria

> forms, like in

> > sewers, murky standing water or in organic waste. 25° Celsius is

> the

> > perfect temperature for growing fungi and 30° Celsius is perfect

> for growing

> > bacteria, and the normal temperature of the inner ear is

typically

> 35.5°

> > Celsius.

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> >

> > Some thoughts I had, if it is relevant is about two studies I

> recently read.

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> > Nicolas Cherbuin, a PhD student from the Australian National

> University

> > <http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/health/%

> 20http:/www.anu.edu.au/%20> in

> > Canberra, used sensitive infrared probes to measure minute

> fluctuations in

> > the temperature of inner ear membranes.

> >

> > He says the temperature inside the left ear goes down when the

> left side of

> > the brain is activated and the temperature of the right ear goes

> down when

> > the right side of the brain is activated. (It's been established

> that the

> > left side of the brain is associated with talking and thinking

> while the

> > right side is associated with seeing and doing. For this reason,

> creative

> > people have been characterized as using the brain's right

> hemisphere while

> > less artistic types are generally thought of as left hemisphere

> thinkers.)

> > So my thinking is if the ear that is injured is correlated with

the

> > hemisphere she usually favors, she may be experiencing more

> confusion. See,

> > depending on which side of the brain is activated, blood flows

> into it via

> > the carotid artery on the same side. But because blood flowing

to

> the brain

> > is cooler than blood already in the brain, and because blood to

> the brain is

> > shared by the ear, ear temperature drops. Because the blood in

> the carotid

> > is actually cooler than in the brain, which is encased ... the

> blood flow

> > from the carotid cools the brain but also the ear membrane.

> >

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> >

> > This is like a radiator for a car, keeping the engine cool. One

> knows what

> > happens when a car overheats…it malfunctions. Perhaps her brain

> temperature

> > is higher than normal and causing malfunction. Maybe a way to

> reach her is

> > present the reasoning in a way that appeals to the opposite side

> of the

> > brain that is currently experiencing the injured ear.

> >

> >

> >

> > Also, for comfort perhaps dropping the temperature in the house

> while she

> > heals. At a temperature of 68oF (20oC), sound travels at 1,125

> feet/sec

> > (343 meters/sec). This is the same as traveling at 756 miles/hr

> (1,217

> > km/hr). Also, as the temperature rises, the speed of sound gets

> faster. If

> > you eased stimulation in the house (particularly sound) by

> dropping the

> > temperature, maybe she will relax more and be easier to reason

> with.

> >

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> >

> > Sorry if I overanalyzed. I hope this is helpful.

> >

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> > Re: a crappy day for Allie

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> > I think she's a lot like you. When I ask her " Does your ear

hurt? "

> She

> > says, " Ear hurt! " but otherwise she wouldn't use words to

express.

> I

> > think she hasn't figured it out until I sort of explain it to

her.

> >

> > She seems a bit better today, Mom watched her so I could attend

> > microbiology lab. She still has 2 days of shots to go, though.

> >

> > He told me not to let any water in her ear, she got up in the

night

> > and took a bath, I found her laying back in the water. Oh well,

> seems

> > to have helped her ear feel better. I don't really know why

> there's a

> > no water rule, except for the issue of bacteria/fungi getting in

> it.

> > As much drainage as there is and as foul as the odor, I don't

think

> > anything coule live in it. Seems to me some warm water soaking it

> > should make it feel better.

> >

> > Debi

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