I woke up deaf on my left side at the beginning of our 2nd week in Crawfordsville. I spent the 1st day trying the normal remedies such as flushing the ear for possible wax removal. This was not successful and the next day I went to the local ER after I had thoroughly researched "Sudden Loss of Hearing" on the internet. This ended up with several trips to Indianapolis to see specialists who determined I had idiopathic loss of hearing on the left side. I also was told that I probably had about a 30% chance of regaining some hearing during the next 6 months or so.
The whole ear thing boiled down to the supposition that I had a "mini stroke" that starved the nerve(s) for hearing in the left ear. The blood vessels that feed the nerves in the ear are very fine and easily clogged. I was the statistical one out of five thousand. Lucky me, eh? The good part is that I do not have issues with cancer or tumors and it wasn't an eye. Sooo... I will wait out the next 5 months and hope for a return of some hearing so I may get a hearing aid.
This whole episode placed a bit of a cloud over our vacation. We also had a water leak that we fortunately found before it was a major issue. The trailer has a plumbing water distribution manifold and I was able to isolate the leak so that only the kitchen sink was only missing hot water. I had to order a special part (valve) from the trailer manufacturer in Kansas. When the part arrived I repaired the leak and all was well. For those who do not RV, problems such as this are typical.. stuff happens. It is amazing that more doesn't go wrong with the rough roads one encounters along the way.
We put 5000+ miles on the Dodge pickup and 3000+ miles in the trailer. I think we will mark up the trip as a whole as rewarding and successful. We truly enjoy our home on wheels. We lack for very little in comfort and having out pets with us is a major plus.
Thats it for now..
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