Yucky...

We have all been sick off and on over here...but the worst so far has been my SEVERE ear infection. I had the flu on Tuesday. Wednesday night my ear was plugged and was hurting like nothing I have ever felt before. Then it got worse in the middle of the night. Then it was beyond bearing by Thursday morning. I called my mom and asked her to take me to Quick Care. The Motrin they had given me for after Rory's birth was taking the edge off, but I was still in a lot of pain. Lucky us there was no one at the Quick Care and they got me back really quickly (not the norm...Quick Care is usually only slightly faster than going to the ER). The Dr looked in my ear and said, "Holy crap! It's only been hurting since last night??" She said I was lucky my ear drum hadn't burst. Got some antibiotics. The rest of yesterday was pretty rough. I haven't had such intense pain for such a long period of time and I was barely handling it. At 4:30pm I finally called Brady and asked him to come home. Cady was at her Grandma Suzi's house (thanks Suzi...that made my day so much easier) and I was still at my moms. Brady is so good. He hurried as fast as he could. I went to bed early and last night went much better. This morning I still have some pain but it is much less pain compared to yesterday.
The worst part about this whole thing (other than the pain of course) is that my right ear (the one with the infection) is still plugged. For those who don't know, I only have about 50% hearing in my left ear. My right ear makes up the difference pretty well, but for the last few days it has been plugged up tight. Everyone has to practically yell at me so I can hear what they are saying. It totally sucks and is driving me crazy. I am hoping that by tomorrow I will have my hearing back!