The Kent Family Times and Seasons

Head Games

The title of the post may seem a little macabre to those of you who know that Jerry was seriously hurt and almost died recently, but I have learned in the last, very difficult week that a sense of humor will get you through the toughest experience.

Jerry is recovering from brain surgery and this has brought with it a host of comical situations. At first the wacky things that Jerry has been saying and doing, made me a little frightened--wondering if the man that I married would be coming back or if I would spend the rest of my life with someone who puts his sock in the frig. Then I decided to trust the medical professionals who tell me that these things are all temporary and in the next 6 months my husband would be coming back.

I got home from work the first day back from Idaho to find a trail of misc items from our room to the living room. One of the items I found was a single clean sock. As I put the items away, I looked and looked, unsuccessfully, for the mate to the sock. So, I put the sock in the hamper and hoped that the match would show up in the laundry. The next day I was putting the groceries away, when lo and behold I found the missing sock, carefully place under the milk container in the frig. It was a truly funny experience, especially the look on Jerry's face when I told him about it.

There is much to chuckle about, but some parts aren't really funny, such as head pain that is sometimes almost unbearable, the room spinning around everytime he stands, and slightly slurred speech. But all in all I know that we will survive and thrive through this experience, as long as we keep a sense of humor and know that 6 months from now the trial will be a memory and the only place we will be finding socks is in the drawers.