Story time of when my daughter put the back piece of her earring in her ear canal and we had to go to 6 hospitals before we got it taken out

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The creator recounts the stressful experience of having an earring back piece stuck in her daughter's ear canal, leading them to visit multiple hospitals in the Philippines. After facing difficulties with overcrowded and under-resourced public hospitals, they eventually found a helpful family doctor who assisted them.

Structure

1Daughter gets earring back stuck in ear
2Difficulty finding medical help in the Philippines
3Visiting multiple hospitals with no success
4Finally finding a helpful doctor through a host
5Successful removal of the earring back

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Story time of when my daughter put the back piece of her earring in her ear canal and we had to go to 6 hospitals before we got it taken out Yeah, an earring back piece just went into my daughter's ear Yeah, an earring back piece just went into my daughter's ear She tried to push the earring in further don't do that. Don't do that. This is how we know we failed at parents This happens. This is like really normal. My daughter has a back of her earring stuck inside her ear canal right no So it is right there. We are We are still not successful. We only had our cellphones, and the hospital was in another city. They only had a landline number, and calls couldn't be placed from our phones, so security tried to help us find a landline but we weren't successful. The issue with the hospi The issue with the hospitals here is I'm so scared to go because of all of the rev because of all of the reviews I'm reading is just giving me like like they'll keep us there for Tell us what we The reviews are so ba The reviews are so bad. Um can we take it out pl No. I No, please me now it It is currently 1,1 in the morning and we are headed to a ho The first The first emergency department and they were super ni but they're not abl Public hospitals in the Philippines gave me a reality check. It was overcrowded and under-resourced, and even basic things like communication and coordination can be really difficult. We were told it was the only hospital that had an ENT available. Just came here and it' Just came here and it's a public hospital and this does not look suff so So that was a waste of time. EN t doctors are not EN t doctors are not available. So we have to go So we have to go back. Even though we went we ended up going up to one that was really cl We have We have to go to a different hospit al which is in a different island. So we're going to go there now in and hopefully they can take it and we went to a and we went to a general hospital facility was in facility was in no way going to I'm so I'm so annoyed. I called a They're like, he They're like, he's on vacation for a month This is so This is so annoying. We just came to another hospit It's our 5th It's our 5th hospital now and they don't have an and they don't have an ENT. He's just chilling. So greatful for our host. They literally helped us our entire trip. She lives over an hour away called her family Doctor made us an appointment came and picked us up and brought us to the doctor. Okay, we are now Okay, we are now at a doc So let's see ho So let's see how it goes. He seems very nice very nice and knows what he's doi So let's see how it goes. Yeah, they took Yeah, they took it out so fast We are now done at the clinic and we are going to go.

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When I say, Filipinos are the nicest people in the world, I literally mean it. Everyone our entire trip was so kind to us. Without them, I don’t know how we would have removed this for my daughter ear. But honestly you blink and your kid would do something they’re not supposed to. What I learned is that in different countries the systems are so different, especially in healthcare. #storytime #stuckinear #toddlersbelike #Philippines #traveltiktok @My Tamil Family

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Yeah, an earring back piece just went into my daughter's ear and oh my god. Oh my god. She tried to push the earring in further. Don't do that. Don't do that. This is how we know we failed as parents. This happens. This is like really normal. My daughter has a back of her earring stuck inside her ear canal right now. So it is right there. We are still not successful. We only had our cellphones, and the hospital was in another city. They only had a landline number, and calls couldn't be placed from our phones, so security tried to help us find a landline but we weren't successful. The issue with the hospitals here is I'm so scared to go there because of all of the reviews I'm reading is just giving me like scary vibes like they'll keep us there for three days. Tell us what we don't need. The reviews are so bad. Um, can we take it out please? No. Please me now. It is currently 1:11 in the morning and we are headed to a hospital. The first emergency department and they were super nice but they're not able to help us. Public hospitals in the Philippines gave me a reality check. It was overcrowded and under-resourced, and even basic things like communication and coordination can be really difficult. We were told it was the only hospital that had an ENT available. Just came here and it's a public hospital and this does not look sufficient. So that was a waste of time. ENT doctors are not available. So we have to go back. Even though we went to three hospitals, we ended up going up to one that was really close to our house. We have to go to a different hospital which is in a different island. So we're going to go there now and hopefully they can take it out. And we went to a general hospital yesterday. The facility was in no way going to help us. I'm so annoyed. I called a receptionist. They're like, he's on vacation for a month. This is so annoying. We just came to another hospital. It's our 5th hospital now and they don't have an ENT. He's just chilling. So greatful for our host. They literally helped us our entire trip. She lives over an hour away called her family Doctor made us an appointment came and picked us up and brought us to the doctor. Okay, we are now at a doctor. So let's see how it goes. He seems very nice and knows what he's doing. So let's see how it goes. Yeah, they took it out so fast. We are now done at the clinic and we are going to go.