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Well I went to the doctor for a regualr checkup and in his infinite wisdom decided to clean out my ears. Instead of using warm water and peroxide he used a plastic hook and managed to cut my ear canal. About 3 days later I got my very first ear infection, (I was 15) which was one of the most painful things I have been through. (including a broken femur and kindey stone) Of course another doctor at the same clinic said there was no proof the two incidents were related.

But I have no idea how a 2 or 3 year old can put up with such pain.

What an idiot doctor! And the other doctor sounds more like a lawyer, covering for his colleague. Good grief, a veterinarian wouldn't clean an animal's ear like that!

Sounds like grounds for malpractice!!

Well I went to the doctor for a regualr checkup and in his infinite wisdom decided to clean out my ears. Instead of using warm water and peroxide he used a plastic hook and managed to cut my ear canal. About 3 days later I got my very first ear infection, (I was 15) which was one of the most painful things I have been through. (including a broken femur and kindey stone) Of course another doctor at the same clinic said there was no proof the two incidents were related. But I have no idea how a 2 or 3 year old can put up with such pain.

I, too had that done as a 21 year old. My younger sister and I both had horrible ear infections. I had it in one ear, my sister in two. I volunteered to go first so she could see that it wouldn't be too painful and it would go easier on her. I have NEVER had anything pain-wise to compare with it. Like you, I have had many broken bones and serious surgeries, but absolutely nothing can describe the pain that this procedure was. He actually scrapped the ear drum.

However, I don't think that anything could have gotten a grip on the infection like that old doctor did. He was very, very compassionate and ripped his nurses for not letting us in to see him sooner. If I had to have a child (or adult)go through this, I would have them put under. It's a horrible thing. I had to sit and watch my little sister go through it two times knowing the pain she was enduring was excruciating to me.

My mother tells of her uncle, the dentist, taking hold of a nerve in her tooth with a pair of pliers and pulling it out. Her father and three older brothers had to hold her down. Today there would be mal-practice for such a procedure. I can't even imagine the pain that it must have caused. We should all be thankful for modern drugs.