Читать книгу A Little Bit of Ivey - Lorelei JD Branam - Страница 7

Several years ago when the twins were just babies, we were in Key Largo for spring break. Swinging back and forth in the hammock, I am nowhere to be found as my mind wallows in desperate worry. Vacation or not, I simply cannot relax. I know something is terribly wrong. Possibly fatally wrong. Checking again as I have countless times over the last couple of weeks, I close my eyes, while placing a finger in each ear to muffle outside noise. Yep, no doubt about it: ringin’ in my ear.

I open my eyes to see Dad standing on the top step, leading from the house. He is staring at me in concern. "Ivey Mae, why don't you just call the doctor? Leave the babies here with us and drive back to Miami. Have your ear checked out, and then you can have some fun. "

As usual Dad is right.

Bad news is I have tinnitus in one ear, and the condition will most likely stay there for the rest of my life. Good news is, this is a very mild case, it should not worsen, and my hearing is excellent. The latter is really positive info because my hearing is so good that once I adjust, I shouldn’t be bothered by the buzzing in my ear.

So for the drive home, I am most certainly relieved and ready to fully participate in the family vacation. Here I come. And like always, I call Lucy Lea.

"Hello," she answers, sounding just like me, and all of our other sisters. I quickly update her, and she says "God, Ivey Mae, why do you do this to yourself? Must you always convince yourself you have a brain tumor and are facing a horribly painful and crippling end of life over something much less complicated and life threatening?"

"That's true. That's exactly what I thought. Why else would I have ringing in only one ear? I thought if it was simple in would be in both ears."

I think I can hear her roll her eyes 200 miles away. "OK, so now that you found out you will just have ringing in your ear the rest of your life . . . you feel better."

"Right."