Noland, Pity Party of One

I'm having a little bit of a pitty party for myself right now. I've been to the Emergency Room more in the last two weeks, then I have in my entire life. Last Saturday I feel victim to a leg that fell asleep while wearing high heels at a wedding. Result: sprained ankle. Currently, I am suffering from a skin infection in my ear. My left ear is so swollen, I can barely hear out of it. Most would say I should just tough it out, but just for the record I want to say how little I usually am sick, and how little I complain about how badly I feel. Last night around 2:30, the pain was so intense in my ear that it actually woke me up bawling. I called my lovely sister, who once she woke up realized I wasn't dying, and took me and bawling self to the Emergency Room at Northeast (nice people by the way). I cried the whole way there (for my daddy none the less) and the pain that was currently attacking me. Take your worst ear pain ever, and then add the feeling of someone sticking a sharp knife in your ear continuesly, and you have what I was experiencing last night. So anyway, I cried the whole time I was on the phone with my sister, the whole drive to the hospital, and the minute they started taking my vital signs at the hospital, I started crying again. Go figure. So anyway, we are on high alert with my ear. It is pretty swollen, and we have to continually check it to make sure it hasn't gotten worse. So, I have checked in to the Noland Hospital with nurses Mom and Dad, and great nurses they are. I will admit though, last weekend I threatned to send my mother to a bad nursing home because she wasn't a good nurse to me when I was on crutches, but this week, she has totally redeemed herself. So I have a couple of prayer requests because of this

--Pray that the swelling goes down in my ear soon, so that I can hear a little better
--Pray that the infection comes to a head soon, because as soon as it does I go back and get to have it drained out and I get rid of it.
--Pray for sweet sleep for me. I can only sleep on the right side of my head, which makes for difficult sleeping arrangements.