1969 Cougar for sale!!!

We are trying to sell our 1969 Mercury Cougar. If you are interested or know of anyone who is, please show them the following website.

http://boise.craigslist.org/cto/1051738997.html

Ears, Soccer, and...

I knew there was a happy kid in there somewhere! Emerson is a million times happier now that all the pressure in his inner ear has been released by putting in the tubes and getting rid of the infection. He and I went through a very tough Thursday and Fridy, but this weekend and today have been fabulous for him. We went to the MK Nature Center on Saturday to look at all the fish. There were lots of small baby fish swimming around and we had a great time walking down to the nature center with grandma and grandpa.

Outdoor soccer is here once again. I am again organizing the team and I'm not sure how much longer I can keep this up. It is quite time consuming, but well worth it when I get out there on the field. It is a lot of fun meeting new players every season. Brent is still deciding if he wants to play this season or not. He took last season off and I have a feeling he is done with soccer. When you start playing at six years old, eventually you get burned out.

Anyway, we hope everyone is well and we are definitely looking forward to Spring's final arrival!

Ear Surgery

Emerson had his second ear surgery today. We arrived at the surgery center at 6:45 this morning and the nurse took Emerson back at 7:30. At 8:15 we were taken to his bed and he was still sleeping off the anesthesia. The doctor said his adenoids were very inflamed so it is good that they were taken out. He also said that he succtioned a lot of fluid out from behind his ear drums before inserting the new tubes. Emerson slept for about another hour before we could rouse him enough to take him home. Emerson and I dropped Brent off at work by about 9:45 and we headed off to the pharmacy to fill his antibiotic. Of course when we got there we were told they had gotten the prescription, but didn't have any of the antibiotic in stock. Since Emerson is alergic to two of the big three groups of antibiotics, we have to give him medicine that isn't normally stocked in the pharmacy. They did find some for him anyway that they had filled the day before because the prescription had already been called in the previous day by someone else. I love it when doctors communicate with each other. Anyway, we got our prescription and headed home. Emerson ended up sleeping at home for just over another two hours. When he woke up, there was an insane amount of puss and blood coming out of his ears. I called the nurse and asked about it. She told me that he had a major ear infection and it was coming out of the newly inserted tubes. After watching "Cars" Emerson was starting to wake up and feeling much better. He doesn't seem to be bothered at all by his adenoids being taken out. The discharge out of his ears is what is bothering him the most. It is hard to believe that so much puss can reside in one small child's head. The doctor took some out and then even more drained at home. These new tubes should last at least a year instead of the six months from the last ones. Emerson is feeling much better and we would like to thank everyone for all the wellwishes and good thoughts. Thank you so much!

Emerson Ear Update

Emerson will be having ear surgery once again next Thursday, February 19th. Instead of the tubes that last 6-8 months that were put in last time, the doctor is going to put some in that last for a year to 18 months. He will also take out his adenoids (fleshy tissue behind the tonsils) at the same time. That should only add on about 10 minutes to the surgery so the whole thing should take around 25 minutes. The doctor said his breath should have quite the foul smell for 10 days or so because of the adenoid removal. He will be a much happier little man when he recovers. Thank you to everyone for thinking good thoughts for us.

Superbowl 2009

We went to Mom and Dad Dietz's house for Superbowl 2009. Brent made an incredible 10 pounds of hot wings with his secret recipe. It took him a little over two hours to complete the entire process. I think we might just need a bigger fryer so he can fry more than four or five at a time. He has become quite the wing connoisseur. Step 1: marinade them overnight in Brent's special secret sauce. Step 2: make a flour mixture to dredge the wings in, again, a secret concoction. Step 3: fry the dredged wings in peanut oil. Step 4: coat the wings with more of Brent's secret sauce. Step 5: enjoy!