miiiinor EARssue

I'm going to preface this by saying that I AM TOTALLY FINE!

I woke up this morning with my left ear totally plugged, which is not totally out of the ordinary with my ongoing sinus issues.  So I tried to do that hold your nose, close your mouth and blow thing to unplug my ears a few times (unsuccessfully) and headed to the office.  I was complaining about not being able to hear and all the pressure in my head to my office mates and I stuck my finger in my ear (too much information??) and blood came out on my finger tip....  

My office mates are two guys, one almost old enough to be my dad and the other, about the age of my other brother.  So I casually said something along the lines of "oh, my ear is bleeding, I'm going to head down to the clinic."  Both of them perked up and with slight panic starting asking what they could do for me...pretty much ready to carry me down on a stretcher.  

So long story short, I had to come into Malongo to see the doctor, and it turns out that I have quite the ear infection.  He loaded me up with antibiotics and anti-inflammatory, and I'm crossing my fingers that the pressure eases up before my flight Tuesday...there's nothing that's going to keep me from getting on that plane!

I'll stay the night in Malongo tonight and if I wake up feeling up to it, I'll head back offshore for my last day. And then I'm homeward bound Tuesday morning! 

26 days down, 2 to go!  xoxo...