Gina, hope you are doing better. Do you think that your ears and throat hurt because you are maybe grinding your teeth or clenching your jaw? That happenes to me when I am stressed, I clench my jaw which makes my jaw muscles sore.
I think that having 8 kids running around my house would make me panic too! Holiday situations are always hard for those of us with high anxiety anyway. We skipped the family thing all together this weekend!
Feel better, I will be thinking of you.