[DVBC] FW: [tri-countycyclists] I'm the guy who got the bug in the ear.

[Len Zanetich]

This happened on the ride Bonnie and I did on Saturday.  Like to share this,
if this ever happens to you on a ride.  This is definitely an unusual
happening.  It’s sounds funny when you first hear, but then you start to
wonder.  Now I have another reason to ride with my MP3 player.

 

Happy cycling,

Len

 

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From: tri-countycyclists at yahoogroups.com
[mailto:tri-countycyclists at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Andy Hyde
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 1:45 PM
To: tri-countycyclists at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [tri-countycyclists] I'm the guy who got the bug in the ear.

 

Dolly, thank you for another wonderful ride.  We appreciate the time you
give to manage and lead great rides.

 Hey you guys, I'm the guy who got the bug in the ear.  Here's what
happened.  

At about mile 60 a beetle or June bug flew up, hit me in the face and
bounced around to my ear.  When I tried to brush it off, it crawled into my
ear canal.  Andrea and Dave Bier pulled over but by the time they looked
into my ear it was already deep in the canal and not visible.  We tried to
wash it out with water, but then it started to bite and scratch (which hurts
to say the least).  I tried to ride back to my car, but my ear started
bleeding and it hurt like a mo.  

 An ambulance took me to Virtua Hospital where three nurses held me down
while the doctor froze the bug, then tried to pull it out, irrigate it out
and finally suck it out.  They could not remove it and sent me home with an
appointment for an ear, nose and throat doctor for Monday.  At this point I
was comfortable because the bug was dead and not biting.

 After arriving at home, my wife took me to the University of Penn where
they have an ear, nose and throat guy in house all the time.  After an hour
of picking and poking they got it out.  To sedate the ear canal and drum
they gave me medication that had me throwing up for five hours.  I was so
off balance that I couldn't stand up until 11:00 pm.

 The worse part was clearly when the beetle was alive and biting.
Apparently the first line of defense is rubbing alcohol.  Rubbing alcohol in
the ear will quickly kill a bug.

 Thank you to Andrea and Dave for taking care of me and see you on the next
ride.

 Andy Hyde

 

 

 

 

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