Poor Ben

Laura -

We had the same thing happen shortly after we moved here. It was just days before the insurance for dh's job kicked in, and we were loathe to take him to a doc when he's got one for a father! We did the bendryl, and it was 1/2 the size the next day. In our case you could actually see it was an insect bite (once it was at Alfred E Neumann size - we initially assumed it was slept on funny too).

I hope you have the same luck. I'll try to find a picture to post of Jacob's ear. The very same day Quinn took a huge spill on the driveway and literally had an egg sized lump on his forehead. I kept saying to dh "If we had insurance would we be taking them to the hospital?" He insisted we wouldn't, but I'm not so sure.

[Cumberland]

I hope he feels better soon!

[DCJenn]

Keep us posted!

Jenn

PS- flaming red ears was how we could tell when one of my secretaries had gone home and had wine at lunch...

[Phoebe]

Ouch. I hope Ben feels better. Avery has been asking to play with him.

Jennifer

Yeouch! I hope he feels better tomorrow.

Here you go Laura. Several views of (what I thought was) the world's biggest ear, the world's biggest head knot, and the parents who clearly have a skewed view of "safety".

http://picasaweb.google.com/jennifer.patel/KCAug05

[migirl]

Yikes, I hope Ben's ear is better today. It sounds like he's not in any pain, though?

Jenn, those pictures of your boys are hilarious.

[Stella]

That's the biggest ear I've ever seen. Oh my gosh. I hope that Ben feels better today!


PS - DCJenn, that is hilarious.

[rainbabies]

hope ben feels better soon.


(when ds is tired, his ears are flaming red)

I'm glad it helped. My memory may be a little off on how quickly it went down, but it did improve very quickly.

[Ravenclaw]

Wow. Looks scary but sounds like it looks worse than it feels?
Hope it gets all better soon!

Jenn, I love your kids!! So cute. Even without the funny stories, you can tell they are a hoot!