Kids, Dogs and more...

This seems like it could be 4 separate unrelated posts but I just mashed it into one... 

Apparently, my cute little nephew Jacob got a lego stuck in his ear!

 Lord knows how, but once Brian and Crystal discovered it they took him to the ER. They said at first they didn't even know it was a Lego and actually looked like a BB it is in there so far! Holy Hannah! The ER dr tried to get it out using some water technique which didn't work and sent them to another doctor. The 2nd doctor tried to get it out with some sort of metal object and ended up jamming it in further. He refereed them to a specialist. The Specialist took one look and said they would have to put him out and actually perform surgery to remove it! The surgery is next Wednesday... 

I mentioned before Little Brian has been having a little trouble adjusting to school and has some behavioral problems. Kenny and I decided to buy him a piggy bank and told him we would give him a quarter for each day he brings home a star. Since we don't see him, but once a week I asked my brother how it was going and if Little Brian was bugging them about the money. He told me not to worry that Little Brian owes me money now... I guess Little Brian has been bringing home notes (for poor behavior) and my brother told him, he had to give back a dollar for each bad note he brought home. The poor kid is gonna have bad credit before he is 6 years old!

Monday afternoon Hope started vomiting large amounts of fluid. I don't get home till 9PM on Monday, but as soon as a saw her I feared something was wrong like back in February. Since Kenny was gone in Vegas Tuesday I came home at lunch to see how she was doing. I didn't see any signs of improvement and now she wouldn't eat so I took the afternoon off and took her to the Vet. I wasn't exactly pleased with the Vet as he teased me for bringing her in for such a little thing. He said maybe she just has a sensitive stomach. Let me tell you, if you know Hope you know that is NOT the case. She has eaten an entire chickens worth of chicken bones, a bag of M&Ms, trees, toys, countless squeakers, tennis balls etc etc etc. She doesn't have a sensitive stomach, we actually call her our junk yard dog! He barely looked at her and started talking about my diagnostic options from $200-550. I decided to pay the $48 vet fee and leave. He then persisted that I should at least get her the anti-nausea medicine for $25 and a few cans of the special dog food. I obliged and once I had paid he told me I could give her Pepcid when she ran out of the prescription since it would work the same!! Ugh I was fuming mad. So $82 and 3 hours of PTO later we had no answers!  Luckily it has been a few days and she is doing so much better. Still not 100% but much better ( I wish I could say the same for our carpets!).

Remember back in July Kenny and I donated blood? Well we finally got our donor cards and we were both super excited to find out our blood types (its the little things in life right?). Kenny is A positive and I am O positive. I feel like that is pretty fitting for me since I am O so Positive - LOL. Anyway, Kenny said what does mine mean then and my brother told him it means he is an A+ : ) I agree he is an A+ guy! Kenny is going on Monday to donate platelets ... fun. I am not willing to go there yet as I think I need to make it though a simple whole blood donate without almost passing out before I try an hour donation!