Mary, came home from school yesterday complaining that her ear hurt from her earring. Well, I knew that she had some very cheap earrings in so I told her to take them off. She of course, did what i told her (hahaha) and comes to me and says, "Mom I can't get this one out because its stuck and the back is already off." I thought it was probably stuck on there with the usual gook (you all know what i mean) So, assuming that she had already taken the back off, I pulled the earring out of her ear (it was pretty stuck, but I got it) Then I noticed there is a lot of white "gook in her ear, both the back and the front so I kinda gave it a little squeeze and Mary started really crying. I checked the ear again and noticed that the reason it was so hard and hurt so bad was because the back of the earring was stuck IN the earring hole IN her ear! YIKES!!!! I told her to hang on because it was going to hurt and I pushed the earring back out of the ear. She cried and cried and cried but I got that sucker out of her ear and there is no infection and not even a scab. What a relief that it all worked out. Then later in the day Mary syas to me, "I am never going to wear earrings again!" I honestly can't blame her if she doesn't!