Domestic Tumult
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 6:23 pm
Steve and Helen took the girls to get their ears pierced a while back; apparently Natalie has slacked off somewhat on the proper follow-up, and on at least one ear the flesh has grown over the backing.
This was just (19:00 EDT) discovered - apparently as a result of one of Maggie's earrings losing its backing when her hair snagged it while they were playing.
So, after a period of screaming and yelling about how much it hurt when her parents tried to get it loose, Natalie is off to the Immediate Care center to get that seen to. She has pretty well calmed down.
Maggie, OTOH, is into a full-fledged state of panic over Natalie. I mean crying, fretting, afraid that her sister's ear is going to be permanently damaged...
Steve pointed out (perhaps a bit unhelpfully) that the earlobe is pretty much vestigial, that you don't need it, so even if it were bad enough that she lost it, it wouldn't really be all that bad.
Whereupon Maggie began worrying that maybe they'd have to cut off part of Natalie's ear...
This was just (19:00 EDT) discovered - apparently as a result of one of Maggie's earrings losing its backing when her hair snagged it while they were playing.
So, after a period of screaming and yelling about how much it hurt when her parents tried to get it loose, Natalie is off to the Immediate Care center to get that seen to. She has pretty well calmed down.
Maggie, OTOH, is into a full-fledged state of panic over Natalie. I mean crying, fretting, afraid that her sister's ear is going to be permanently damaged...
Steve pointed out (perhaps a bit unhelpfully) that the earlobe is pretty much vestigial, that you don't need it, so even if it were bad enough that she lost it, it wouldn't really be all that bad.
Whereupon Maggie began worrying that maybe they'd have to cut off part of Natalie's ear...