Yesterday at the Geriatric doctor's visit he said she needed her ears cleaned.
What.
I have her and my father clean their ears with drops and q-tips twice a month!
Well, today I did a first- I peered in there with a flashlight.
Ughhhhh! Hey, I have never seen beyond what you see when you look at a person's ear.
I didnt know it went in so far & got so small.
I had bought an earwax removal kit & filled her up.
Because of her Alzheimers I had to repeatedly remind her why
she had to lay there & why her ears were making funny noises.
Our parents were brought up not to put anything in their ears-
I go right down that canal to my eardrum with my Qtip!
The ear drops actually are disolving the crap in there, but not way in.
I will repeat for a couple days then if needed do the "flushing"
with warm water that I would like to avoid since I remember her
doing it years ago and getting dizzy and ill.
If all else fails we'll go to Dr.
1 comment:
Had to do this for my Dad also and boy if there is water left in there they can get so dizzy. The equalibrium problems are terrible. Dad was so bad he could not stand and we called for help to get him to a dr office. Good luck with the flushing! : )
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