Strolling into our Airbnb, wheeling my suitcase behind me, I was excited to kick back and relax.
Booking a holiday to sunny Australia with my husband Martin, 41, my daughter Holly, eight, and my twins Ben and Matthew, six, in October 2022, we’d already been exploring Melbourne, visiting our friends and family who lived out there.
Only now, we’d travelled across to Brisbane to spend a few weeks exploring the gorgeous East Coast.
‘I can’t wait to get in the pool again,’ Holly grinned.
It was meant to be the ultimate family holiday.
But there was something stopping me from enjoying our days in the sunshine.
Boarding our plane hours earlier, I was wincing from a pain in my ear that had randomly come on.
And I was struggling to hear, too.
Giving my ear a little rub, I hoped it would go away with time.
But the pain only got worse.
And sitting in the Airbnb, I couldn’t
