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Steven was recently bitten by an insect in his inner ear in
Ireland. The bite went septic, and swelled into a huge boil. The boil
burst and, as it was unable to come out through the ear due to the
septic blockage, it went inwards, breaking his eardrum. Blood started
to pour out of his ear, and the balancing fluid within his eardrum
flowed backwards down his throat. The infection then spread to his
throat, nose and behind his eye. Having been initially misdiagnosed by
a doctor, he was then taken into hospital for massive oral and
intravenous doses of antibiotics. The doctor told him if it had been a
couple of days later, it would have spread to his brain and possibly
killed him. Steven is now out of hospital after many days of awful
pain, and is feeling (comparatively) much better, though he will be
unable to swim or fly for a couple of months, and still has some
problems standing up due to the balancing fluid regenerating slowly.
Consequently we have started work on an album dedicated to such infections: BRIGHT YELLOW MOON II: EAR ECLIPSE.