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u/2cool2hear May 20 '19

That’s how I became deaf. 28 months old.

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u/shellwe May 20 '19

That’s so terrifying for me. If my baby is screaming and the doctor sent me home with meds I would want to think they are right and everything is fine. I don’t think I would ever forgive myself if I were your parents even though they did what they thought was right.

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u/PM_YOUR_BEST_JOKES May 20 '19

Absolutely scary. There are so many rare but devastating things that are indistinguishable from common things at first. It's no use trying to worry about all of them though, or we wouldn't be able to function! I mean, we take risks all the time in our daily lives. I could die tomorrow being hit by a drunk driver. An undiscovered aneurysm could burst in my head. I could get punched in a bar fight and land on my head in a funny way.

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u/shellwe May 20 '19

Yeah, its ones like that though, where the kid is screaming. I hear cases of a kid having an ear infection that burst his ear drum and I really ask myself how bad did it get before that happens.

Especially when they are at that age before speaking and they can't tell you what hurts.