143 of 365...God Help My Future Son-In-Law

It is 4:25 am and I have yet to get to sleep.  Little Drama Queen has been up all night with ear pain.  I'm pretty sure it's swimmer's ear, but the medicine the doctor gave us a few weeks ago is not working at all this time around.

In the wee hours of September 1, 2011, Geek Boy and I have gotten a little glimpse of what Little Drama Queen will go through when she is older and in labor, about to deliver her first child.

I think the "labor" began around 7 am on August 31, 2011.  She started complaining about ear pain in her left ear.  Remembering she just had swimmer's ear in the right ear about 3 weeks ago, I gave her some medicine and off to school we went.  Early evening she started complaining about the ear hurting again so I gave her another round of medicine.

By 1 am, she was "laboring" pretty hard. She crawled into bed with me and I would try to get her comfortable but she would just toss an turn complaining about how bad it hurt. 

At around 3 am the "contractions" started every 10 minutes and started coming on stronger and faster.  I would get her calmed down and then all of a sudden she would move and her ear would start shooting out pain.  About the time we would start to fall back to sleep, she would get another ear pain and start screaming out in agony.  OMG...the way she was carrying on you would've thought she was giving birth to a 10 pound baby.

I woke Geek Boy and told him he needed to take over.  By 4:00 am she was in full fledged "labor" and screaming out every 30 seconds.  I wish I would've gotten video because Geek Boy was literally rubbing her back telling her to take nice easy breaths and then she was squeezing his hand during the painful episodes.  At one point, I totally lost all empathy and told her to get ahold of herself and stop screaming.  We all knew her ear hurt but screaming about it wasn't going to help.

UPDATE:  It is 6:30 pm and I think the "laboring" is finished.  Little Drama Queen went to sleep around 6 am (just in time for us to have to get up for work).  Got her to the doctor by 9 am and she does have swimmer's ear with a bulging ear drum.  So the doctor gave her an antibiotic.  She has been resting all day today and seems to be feeling a little better.

So the lesson learned in this situation? Little Drama Queen will need to marry one patient man and it will probably be best if her father be in the labor and delivery room with her.  I'll just hang out at the hospital and update my Facebook status.  Hey, at least I know my limits and talents...LOL