In the middle of June I took my two wonderful girls to get their ears pierced. They were 7 and 10 and had pleaded their case. Hubby and I figured these incredibly good girls were responsible enough to deserve such a privilege.
They (we) took care of those little lobes daily.
Cleansed, twisted, did not play with them.
They healed perfectly.
We were proud.
Last week they took out the big clumsy studs and put in the pretty wee earrings they have been coveting for months.
Still 14K gold. No cheapo stuff. We have heard about bad allergic reactions to those babies.
Continued to take good care for a day or two.
Then forgot about them.
One week later SweetGirl came charging into my bedroom yelling...
"Mommy Mommy I can't find the backings to my earrings and I have looked everywhere!!"
I looked at her ears...those butterfly backings were INSIDE her earlobes. Her little earlobes swallowed up those backings and they were gone gone gone.
A quick trip to the pediatrician was not enough.
4 hours in the Emergency Room.
The very confident Emergency Room Physician had to freeze SweetGirls Ears while I acted all brave for her. My tiny 7 year old shook, whimpered and softly cried. ..my heart ached.
The very confident Emergency Room Physician had to freeze SweetGirls Ears while I acted all brave for her. My tiny 7 year old shook, whimpered and softly cried. ..my heart ached.
The butterfly backings were extracted with a little help from fancy tweezers and a scalpel.
I had no idea this could happen!
The lessons learned on this strange day:
Kids ears have the ability to heal over faster than Superman can fly.
Tiny butterfly backings should not be worn the first year. They are too easily PUSHED inside the earlobe by little girls who are fearful of losing the pretty little earrings.
Hoops are the best choice, followed by those great big post types of earrings.
Never wear the plastic cheapo backs...those ER Docs say they see A LOT of those!
Four hours in the ER for a relative simple procedure was emotionally and physically draining. Be thankful for your healthy children.
Hope you all have a safe and healthy weekend!
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37 comments:
Wow! Who knew!?!?!?! Glad she's doing better!
That is good to know. Thanks for sharing. Mine little one does not have earrings yet. But I know she will want them someday.
Oh my! So glad it has been taken care of. I've never heard of such a thing.
Oh Hon, I am so sorry. I know all too well how bad a mommy's heart hurts in the hospital! Thanks for passing the info on, though. I never would have known!
Oh, poor BABY!!!!
Poor Mama!!!!!!
She undoubedtly "reovered" before you... Kids are great like that!
Oh No!! I've never heard of such a thing! Hope she's feeling better soon!
Oh my gracious!!! How scary! I am so glad she is doing better.
That happened to my 5 year old too. The earing came out, but the butterfly got stuck in the hole. We had to take her to the clinic, where she was very brave. They froze it and just pushed it out, they never used a scalpel. Thankfully she still wanted to keep her earrings.
LOL, had that happened to my younger one, she'd not of done it again. Ironically, she's the one with 8 holes all over her ears...UGHS.
eeeek, this happened to a friend of my daughter too. You are not alone. There is a culture here amongst the Asian Indian of having baby girls ears pierced. I actually think there is someting in it, that the holes are fully healed before they can fiddle with them themselves. Sounds like it was pretty awful for you all, at least it's over now. x
oh my goodness... poor little thing... though i'm so glad it worked out alright...
I had no idea that could happen!! I've never heard of it! Thanks for sharing and good to know!
Oh, your poor girl. I have never heard of this, and I won't forget the lesson she had to learn the hard way! take care, suz
I had NO idea! That is so completely terrifying. The poor little thing. I'm glad it's all over now.
Awww..thanks for the well wishes! She is completley fine now, managed to slide some cute little hoops in, and yes I will also survive! LOL
Poor thing. I've never heard of that before. Thank you for sharing
and I hope it's all healed.
Glad she's doing better!
Oh No!!! Gosh, there is an upside to having boys!!
Oh my, who would have thunk??
Glad they are better.
Smooches,
Sassy Chica
wow, i had never heard of this happening. i'll tell my girlfriends who have girls.
i'm glad your daughter is ok.
This just convinces me even more not to pierce Reagan's ears. Although now with her super short hairdo thanks to her own handy work with the scissors, earrings may just be NEEDED!
Oh no... I'm glad that she's all right now. Thanks for sharing. My girl doesn't have pierced ears (yet). We'll see how long it'll last. :)
O.My.God.
I'm so glad she's o.k., that is some story. xo
Oh my! I had no idea! Thanks for the heads up...and I'm so sorry you and your daughter had to go through that in order to educate the rest of us. Sending hugs!
wow, what a story ... but at least you can rest assured that she will probably not sneak off to get her naval pierced when she is a teenager :)
Wow! Glad she's ok though... Like everyone else said...who would have known.
Oooh my gosh! She's OK now though right?
Never knew that! I am actually hesitant to pierce my daughter's ears (she's almost a year) because she's always pulling at her ear lobes, but I never heard of such a thing you described! I am so sorry to hear you and your daughter had to go through that, but I'm certainly passing the information along.
Glad to hear eveyone is doing ok!
OMG! I am so glad you posted this! I was thinking seriously about piercing Tuesday's ears! OMG!
ohhh your poor little girl! we had a similar incident with our now 14 year old. we caught it just before it started to heal over. so traumatic for her. glad your girl is better now.
Ow! Thank you for the advice. I had no idea that could happen either. I will bear it in mind when daughter has hers pierced (I keep telling her she has to be 18, but I know it will happen before then)
What a lovely blog you have here! I found it via Mrs. EyeCanSee's blog. Hope your little girl is doing better. That is no fun!
I've seen that! My younger cousin's ears 'swallowed' the backs of her earrings, too!
that must have been so frightening for you. Sounds like she was as brave as she could be. You, too!
OMG who knew? So crazy!!! I hope she's doing better.
I had a similar problem when I was little. I had an allergic reaction to earrings and the actual earring grew into my ear (the front, not the back). Glad your little one is ok!
I had no idea that could happen! I hope your little one is doing better. What an ordeal!
I have never heard of this happening. How scary! Poor little thing.
Oh my goodness! I have never heard of this happening! Poor baby :(
xx
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