Not For The Faint of Ear

Last night Elise was sitting on my lap and I noticed a bump on the front of her earlob (right under her earring). Her earring back was completely engulfed in the hole. We tried everything to get it out but this earring back was the type that had a wide front and then tapered down (how that width made it all the way into her ear is bizarre). I asked her if it hurt and she said no, she had not felt anything wrong with it (so how long it was like that who knows).
After multiple times of trying to tweeze it out (and Elise screaming) we decided to take her into the doctor. This morning the doctor gave her a shot to numb it then took a razor and cut it open and pulled it out. He said that he has seen this happen a few times. We are going to let it close up and then get it repierced.