Doctor Finds Spiders in Boy's Ear

[moonshot]

Doctor Finds Spiders in Boy's Ear

(05-06) 15:18 PDT Albany, Ore. (AP) --

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

Bugs in the ear are not uncommon. Ask anyone who works in an ER: they're likely to tell you that they've seen it or work with someone who has. The most common, I understand, are roaches. I've read that you should sleep with cotton or earplugs in your ears for a few days immediately following any kind of pest control treatment, as roaches are active at night and likely to crawl in.

Now excuse me while I go jump off the balcony...

 

[AUDRAA]

I heard about this the other day thats just nasty!!!

 

[Peter Parka]

I saw that on the news, gross!:yuk I like spiders, just not in my ear! They probably crawled in there in the night when he was asleep. Its because of this that my missus can't cope with spiders in the house.

 

[moonshot]

*unsubscribes to my own thread*

 

[Sneakiecat]

You should hear the husband's response to this. Quite funny....

 

[AUDRAA]

well lets hear it......

 

[Sneakiecat]

There was a lot of yelling and claims that there may be some throwing up.

 

[dt3]

well lets hear it......

AHHHHHHHHHHHH! EW! OH MY GOD, THAT'S DISGUSTING! OHHHH, AND THERE'S A PICTURE!!!! I HATE SPIDERS!!!!!!!!!!! EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!

 

[GuesSAngel]

so would that make him spider man? or spider boy?

 

[drb]

ohhh i hate this story! it gives me the creeps to even think about it.

 

[BreakfastSurreal]

this was NOT good thread for me to read considering im having some ear problems at the moment..lol. ahhhhh! *floods ear with antibiotic drops*

 

[Darkstar]

Oh god....im all creeped out now!

 

[All Else Failed]

 

[Boomer]

Man I hate spiders. I fear no man, but those eight legged fuckers give me tha willies dood.

 

[drb]

that looks like the face sucker from Aliens.. creepy