Doctor removes spiders from boy's ear (EEK!)

[irishgrl]

Doctor finds spiders in boy's ear

Sun May 6, 6:18 PM ET

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.

"It was real interesting, 'cause, two spiders in my ear — what next?" Jesse said.

ARRGH! I hate spiders but this is really strange!

[danax6]

That's really gross! How the hell did they get in there? I'd have nightmares about this for weeks.

[ryan8472]

holy **** i'm about to ****ing puke.

[sara1998]

Poor kid... could you imagine? Not only did he have to go through the hell of spiders in his ears, but now he has to go through the hell of the media and everyone knowing about it.

[Sarah]

no, seriously. **** that. i would die. i've had surgery on one of my ears before, so i'm already weird about my ears.... i couldn't handle that. i'd have nightmares about it for the rest of my life.

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

::shudder::

[paleshadow]

I wonder if they laid thousands of eggs in there before they got flushed out?

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by sara1998

Poor kid... could you imagine? Not only did he have to go through the hell of spiders in his ears, but now he has to go through the hell of the media and everyone knowing about it.

I think YOU leaked this one

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by Sarah

no, seriously. **** that. i would die. i've had surgery on one of my ears before, so i'm already weird about my ears.... i couldn't handle that. i'd have nightmares about it for the rest of my life.

say, another thing we have in common!

[skcin]

Originally Posted by danax6

That's really gross! How the hell did they get in there? I'd have nightmares about this for weeks.

This is why I sleep on my side with the covers pulled up over my ear. I'm dead serious.

[irishgrl]

my ear hurts. no joke. the right one

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Isn't it a fact that you might swallow spiders while sleeping??? I'm sure I read that somewhere and it totally grossed me out!

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by skcin

This is why I sleep on my side with the covers pulled up over my ear. I'm dead serious.

For me, I have to ckeck the inside of my shoes before I can put them on and almost all of my shoes have shoe trees.

Also, I had the Scotties this weekend (custody ya know) and Laine (the Pot Pie) had a tick on her ear IN MY BED - I shrieked, ripped off my red satin night shades, and ripped it off of her - YUCK!!!!!!!!!

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

For me, I have to ckeck the inside of my shoes before I can put them on and almost all of my shoes have shoe trees.

Also, I had the Scotties this weekend (custody ya know) and Laine (the Pot Pie) had a tick on her ear IN MY BED - I shrieked, ripped off my red satin night shades, and ripped it off of her - YUCK!!!!!!!!!

pwahahahahahahhahahhahaha!!!


o.k. that was one of the most hilarious visuals I've had in a long time thanks

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by michelle2677

pwahahahahahahhahahhahaha!!!


o.k. that was one of the most hilarious visuals I've had in a long time thanks

Jason's all about the D.R.A.M.A.

red satin night shades--oh to be a fly on the wall