Do you hear something pop?

How long can a popcorn kernel be in a kids ear before he tells you about it?
Apparently, about five months...and even then he didn't tell us about it.

Sometime late last fall, Bob made a vague complaint about his ear. The thing is, he always has vague complaints of some sort...so we said, eh? They were just cleaned out in June. You should still be okay.

Around Christmas Break, the nurse at school called us and said he may need them cleaned out again. He seemed to have a little trouble hearing, but we could try the at home stuff first.

So we tried the at home stuff. He said his left ear was fine, but wasn't sure how well it worked for the right, but it seemed "a little" better.
Last Friday, the nurse sent a note home saying we should take him to a pro.
So last weekend, he and his Dad trotted over to the minute clinic to have his ears cleaned. He did have a lot of wax in his right ear, and an "object" behind it. Maybe a pebble from playing outside? They referred us out to get it removed.

So off they went to children's mercy, where the power washer rinsed out a popcorn kernel..and out yeah, he had an ear infection because it had been there so long. How long?
Bob doesn't "know" how it got in there, but he's pretty sure it was in October.
I suppose it was better than sticking raisins up his nose......