Michael's Ears

Last week DJ was diagnosed with an ear infection. Sunday Michael started complaining about his ears. Now, if you know Michael at all, you'll know that his complaints cannot generally be taken seriously -- I swear he is a born pessimist and a developing hypochondriac -- so, I decided to watch him for additional symptoms. Well, yesterday afternoon I saw drainage coming from his ear, so I called the doctor and scheduled the next available appointment (which happened to be today). Later last evening, I started looking more closely at Michael's ear. Something seemed a little odd about it, so I started wiping away the drainage (which I assumed was wax). As I was doing it, Michael said, "Get that Captain Crunch out of my ear." There you have it -- after some coaxing for details, I determined that he had, at some point that morning, stuffed a piece of chocolate Captain Crunch cereal in his ear. So, with Derek's help, I flushed his ear. Sure enough, large chunks of gross looking matter emerged. I did still take him to the doctor today. He actually does have an ear infection. The whole office staff enjoyed the story immensely, especially since Michael was so matter of fact about it with them. Oh, and the doctor asked if his throat hurt -- and, you guessed it, tonight he was complaining of a sore throat...