A Visit to the ENT

A.K.A.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Carly's audiologist tried to do a routine hearing test and found that the negative pressure in her ears was increased tremendously and that her tympanogram was nearly flat. This indicated that she either had a large amount of wax build up or a large amount of fluid in her ears. She recommended I see the ENT and have him check for both. I took her to see Dr. Gerber on Wednesday.

We got into the examining room and I told him what Dr. Marquis, the audiologist, had said. I asked him if while we were there he would mind looking in her nose as she had been a little more congested lately and I had noticed that her nose had been stinking on and off for a while. I thought she might have a sinus infection that wasn't presenting with any other symptoms.

Dr. Gerber looked into her ears and said they were pretty packed with wax, but they didn't look infected. He looked up her nose and said that he did see something up there. He said he would try to get it out. I was thinking it was some type of mucus plug or blockage and I do not do snot. I told Dr. Gerber that I wasn't going to watch. I put my head down and heard him say
"Carly, lean your head back. Aaand, I got it, it is a.........shoe!"
Dr Gerber is a pretty funny guy so I giggled a little and then looked up. Dr. Gerber had a completely straight face.

Me: You're serious.
Dr. G: Yes.
Me: There was a SHOE up her nose?
Dr. G: Yes.
Me: A shoe? A SHOE?
Dr. G: Well, not an actual person's shoe, but a doll shoe, I'm not sure what kind.
Me: There was a doll shoe UP her NOSE?
Dr. G: Yes.
Me: A shoe, up her nose?
Dr. G: Look.
He then showed me the shoe, a Polly Pocket shoe to be exact. He left the room to get the ear cleaning room ready and I quizzed Carly about HOW a Polly Pocket shoe got up her nose. Her excuses were:

1. I swallowed it and it went up there. (I asked Dr. Gerber about that possibility and he said, 'It is possible, but not probable. It is all connected, but that would be like a Letterman trick.) (See, funny.)
2. Daddy dared me to. (I reminded her that even though he wasn't there to defend himself, we were on our way home and he would be there.)
3. Someone else did it. (So, you laid down and let someone shove a Polly Pocket shoe up your nose?)
4. I have no clue! (Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner! I think she was playing Polly Pockets and watching t.v. and zoned out. She had an itch or something else and up it went. She probably never knew that she did it.)


As I was quizzing Carly, I could see Leighton out of the corner of my eye inching her way over to Dr. Gerber's table. I looked at her and she asked if the shoe was in the tray on the table. I said yes and she kept going. I asked her what she was doing and she said, 'I want that shoe back, it matches one I have at home!' Dr. Gerber said, 'Not anymore, it doesn't.'

We moved into the ear cleaning room and he pulled out enough wax to make a large pillar candle. Her ears looked good and he gave us a prescription for the little infection she had around the shoe and sent us on our way. As he left the room, Leighton asked me, 'Why does he have to do all the gross stuff?' I could hear him laughing as he went down the hall.

We got in the car and I called my friend, Jessica. We had just been talking about Carly's nose and she said that there was probably something up there. I had to let her know that she had hit the nail on the head. Then I called Dee to tell him. Next, I started dialing my mom and Carly pipes up from the back, 'Jeez Mom! Are you going to call the whole neighborhood?'

New Favorite Site

Now that I spend almost all my free time figuring out how I can use my Silhouette for any and everything, I have found the most awesome site. http://www.dafont.com/ I can find any kind of cute, FREE, font and use it in my machine. I think I will need a external hard drive to hold all of the ones I want.

There goes three hours of perfectly good time, wasted. But, it was so fun!

Rude Baby

If you woke up this sweet baby what would you expect to hear?Jensyn fell asleep on the way home from Girl Scouts. I put her down on her Dora couch while I made dinner. Dee came home and went in to wake her up to eat. He leaned down, tapped her and called her name. She wiggled a little, opened her eyes and said, 'What do you want!?!'

Let it Snow!

I used my Silhouette to cut out this saying for my front door. Just pretend that my door is Ruby Red. I haven't painted it yet, but will.After a while I decided it needed another snowflake at the bottom.And one on the back of the door. I really love this vinyl. It is shiny silver like a mirror. When you drive past the house the sun reflects off it. So very cool. Oh, and it was FREE! Where did I get it? you ask.

Well, Have you seen these in the grocery store?

That is part of my little part time job. I put down these floor decals. We have three Pampers ads that are going down. It is smaller than the sheet and the border is silver. It is kind of like a big sticker and the extra is what I used to make my saying. Since I have 13 stores, I have tons of it. It is made to be washed and walked on so it will hold up to the outdoors.

It's That Time Again

The girls are selling Girl Scout Cookies. They are $3.50 a box. You pay when you get them. They freeze well so order enough to get you through until next January. Let us know how many you need. The sale ends March 11th.

Snowmen

I saw these and thought the girls' teachers could use some. Everyone can use some more hand sanitizer. Leighton picked out the ribbon for the scarves. Miss Potts' birthday is tomorrow and I wanted to get her a little something and so I made her a smaller version of Mrs. Lalino's. I used pink kisses (caramel) and a pink ribbon. Miss Potts loves pink.

I'm Not a Monster

Jensyn has a great imagination. She always wants to play some imaginary game or another. She will say, 'I am the daddy and you be the mommy.' Or 'I am the mommy and you are the kids.'

Most of the time the girls will indulge her in these games. Leighton has been playing a lot of these lately and must have been sick of them because I witnessed this:

Jensyn chasing Leighton.

Leighton is screaming, 'A monster, a monster!'

Jensyn is screaming, 'I not a monster, I just a hubband (husband)!

I not a monster, I just a hubband!'

Happy New Year!

All three girls stayed up to ring in the new year. They loved the ball drop and all the snacks and drinks. I love the family nights so much more than I ever loved the adult nights.