Patrick J. O’Donnell, MD

What do you do when your pediatrician finds what could possibly be a bead or playdoh stuck in your four year old’s ear?
First, you ask her how playdoh got in there in the first place. She stuck it everywhere else, why should you be surprised it’s in her ear?
Second, you wonder if this is why she never listens to your directions. Perhaps she’s not stubborn and instead hearing impaired?
Third, you call Dr. O’Donnell and pray it’s removable.
I was lucky enough to get an appointment the very next day with Dr. O’Donnell and we had such a great experience with him! My daughter was initially scared because everyone knows that bad things happen when you’re little and have to sit in a gigantic chair. Dr. O’Donnell was so friendly and did such a great job entertaining her that she happily cooperated while he examined her playdoh infested ear. Thankfully the blue specks weren’t something that he had to extract and told me that it would come out naturally with ear wax. Phew, thank goodness!
So she’s not hearing impaired, just stubborn like her Mother.