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Doctor finds spiders in boy's ear
mercurynews ^
| 5-6-2007
| staff writer
Posted on 05/07/2007 6:17:15 AM PDT by bedolido
ALBANY, Ore.- These guys weren't exactly Snap, Crackle and Pop. What began as a faint popping in a 9-year-old boy's ear—"like Rice Krispies"—ended up as an earache, and the doctor's diagnosis was that a pair of spiders made a home in the ear. "They were walking on my eardrums," Jesse Courtney said.
One of the spiders was still alive after the doctor flushed the fourth-grader's left ear canal. His mother, Diane Courtney, said her son insisted he kept hearing a faint popping in his ear—"like Rice Krispies."
Dr. David Irvine said it looked like the boy had something in his ear when he examined him.
When he irrigated the ear, the first spider came out, dead. The other spider took a second dousing before it emerged, still alive. Both were about the size of a pencil eraser.
Jesse was given the spiders—now both dead—as a souvenir. He has taken them to school and his mother has taken them to work.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: boys; doctor; ear; spiders
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posted on
05/07/2007 6:17:16 AM PDT
by
bedolido
To: bedolido
Jesse was given the spiders—now both dead—as a souvenir. He has taken them to school and his mother has taken them to work.The mom wasn't the least bit embarrassed she didn't have sense enough to teach junior to clean his ears.
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posted on
05/07/2007 6:22:41 AM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: mtbopfuyn
I don’t think not cleaning had anything to do with it - you can bet the boy was rubbing his ear and putting his finger in after the spiders started bothering him. Too deep to reach.
Mrs VS
To: mtbopfuyn
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posted on
05/07/2007 6:36:41 AM PDT
by
bedolido
(I can forgive you for killing my sons, but I cannot forgive you for forcing me to kill your sons)
To: bedolido
"He has taken the spiders to school."
Great visuals for Show and Tarantella....
Leni
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posted on
05/07/2007 6:37:24 AM PDT
by
MinuteGal
(Bahama Mama ( moi ) planning FReeper vacation week. Not a cruise. It's "FReeps Ashore!" Stay tuned!)
To: MinuteGal
My Husband got a dead mouse out of a childs ear in Newark.
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posted on
05/07/2007 7:00:11 AM PDT
by
pitinkie
(revenge will be sweet)
To: pitinkie
Very big ears or very small mouse?
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posted on
05/07/2007 7:07:55 AM PDT
by
Sue Perkick
(And I hope that what I’ve done here today doesn’t force you to have a negative opinion of me….)
To: pitinkie
"My husband got a dead mouse out of a child's ear in Newark."
Did the kid have mouse-ket-ears?
Leni
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posted on
05/07/2007 7:08:57 AM PDT
by
MinuteGal
(Bahama Mama ( moi ) planning FReeper vacation week. Not a cruise. It's "FReeps Ashore!" Stay tuned!)
To: bedolido
“Son, you’ve got spiders in your ears.”
“What?!?”
“I said you’ve got spiders in your ears.”
“Sorry, I can’t hear you Dad, I’ve got spiders in my ears.”
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posted on
05/07/2007 7:10:06 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
To: Sue Perkick
LOL small mouse! also cockroaches!
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posted on
05/07/2007 7:11:41 AM PDT
by
pitinkie
(revenge will be sweet)
To: MinuteGal
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posted on
05/07/2007 7:11:57 AM PDT
by
pitinkie
(revenge will be sweet)
To: MinuteGal
Did the kid have mouse-ket-ears?you MUST be a boomer... who else would know about Mouse-a-teers (however it's spelled.
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posted on
05/07/2007 7:12:52 AM PDT
by
bedolido
(I can forgive you for killing my sons, but I cannot forgive you for forcing me to kill your sons)
To: mtbopfuyn
This is why God gave ear wax an awful smell, to keep the bugs out.
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posted on
05/07/2007 7:14:51 AM PDT
by
aimhigh
To: pitinkie
...............My Husband got a dead mouse out of a childs ear in Newark.................
Yeah? Well my boyfriend got a dead gerbil out of Richard Gere’s Arse!
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posted on
05/07/2007 7:22:31 AM PDT
by
aShepard
(Oh little Mohammad, Couchy, Couchy Coo; your momma is so proud, you'll make the cutest little suici)
To: bedolido
UUNNNGGGHHH!!!!!
To: bedolido
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posted on
05/07/2007 7:24:12 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Satisfaction was my sin)
To: aShepard
EEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW..sure it was dead?
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posted on
05/07/2007 7:24:44 AM PDT
by
pitinkie
(revenge will be sweet)
To: bedolido
Did they get all the eggs?...If not, he may hear snap, crackle and pop again tonight. (Arachnophobia redux?)
To: aShepard
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posted on
05/07/2007 9:00:13 AM PDT
by
angcat
("IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM")
To: bedolido
The other spider took a second dousing before it emerged, still alive.
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posted on
05/07/2007 9:11:25 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
("A [Free] Republic, if you can keep it.")
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