Karlie's game and a visit to the ENT

Karlie had her best game ever!! Her team won 6 to 5! She started the game as a mid-fielder and finished as a forward. That girl ran her butt off the whole game! She only got called out once to get a drink then requested to go right back in. She was so on her game. She is finally getting her positioning down and was always in the right place. She did some awesome passes and took the ball all the way down the field a few times. She hasn't scored a goal yet but she has come so close. We are so proud of her. She really loves playing. All three of the kids do! It will be sad after the last game next week. Luckily they will all be playing in the fall!

So Derek and Ryan saw the ENT today. Both of them had tubes put in their ears Derek at 10 months and Ryan at 15 months. The tubes did seem to help. Last summer Derek was complaining of ear pain. We took him in and the ENT said there was allot of wax in the way but he could see his tubes were not connected any more but were sitting in the ear canal and would soon fall out on their own. He had a slight ear infection and was put on an antibiotic. About 2 days later he had horrible pain and said he heard a pop in his ear. He had fluid drainage and we took him back to the ENT. Apparently his ear drum had burst from the pressure and now the loose tube was stuck to tissue in the ear. To make a long horrible story a little shorter...Derek had to be strapped down while the fluid and the tube were removed from his ear. It was horrible but everything got better. Derek had to continue to use ear plugs when in water. At his next appointment his other tube was all the way out and the ENT could see his ears really well. He said everything was all healed up well but the holes from the tubes were still there so continue to use the ear plugs. So back to today. Ryan sat nice and still for the ENT and he took a look, then he pulled a little clump of wax from each ear with each tube inside. He said everything was great and Ryan is now free and clear. When he looked at Derek he said everything looked great but the holes are STILL there. So now Derek has to have the holes patched. It is a quick day surgery and he can go home right after. Apparently they take some sort of film and patch the hole. Then the film encourages tissue to build and close the holes permanently. Doctor says there is nothing to loose in the procedure and everything to gain. If we do nothing Derek will just have to wear ear plugs whenever he is in water. Derek doesn't have any hearing damage but the holes don't allow him to hear correctly because the hole makes the sound distribute differently. Once the hole is gone everything should be perfect. Right now we don't notice any hearing problems but the doctor says it is very slight and will be totally fixed when the holes close. I will keep you updated. Please pray for everything to heal correctly and for the procedure to go well.