HE Brought Laughter!

By : Kristin KerleyMay 22, 2020October 17, 2020

Today I did NOT want to go to radiation. I didn’t want to leave my kids. I didn’t want to go in the rain. I didn’t want to get more burnt.

I. Did. Not. Want. To. Go. (That’s me sounding like a 2 year old throwing a fit!)

But I went. I checked in, changed out of my top, put my clothes in the locker, and headed out to the waiting room. One problem – I didn’t put on a gown! I just walked right out there with no top!

Thankfully, I’m the first person there after lunch and so the waiting room was empty at that moment!! I quickly realized what I had done and rushed back in!

I was telling the radiation techs about it, and we got laughing! (I mean, I’m the girl who looks like a grandma at the beach with my rash guard and skirt on! I’d never walk around like that!)

When I am on the table, I always pray. I tried today. Really, I did. But I just kept laughing at all the crazy things I’ve done lately…

Like the day I had surgery, I was soooo drugged up and decided I should tell the guy pushing my gurney about Jesus. All I could say was, “I love Jesus.” He was like, “umm… ok.” I told him at least 4 more times that I remember. I couldn’t think of anything else to say!

I also cried that day because they gave me some toilet paper to dry my eyes with… and toilet paper was pretty scarce right then. I gushed over them like they had given me a million dollars!

When I got home from surgery, I was totally out of it. The kids like to tell me the things I did. Like when the kids all came in and I said, “What?! Are these all my kids? There are so many! So. Many. Kids. And they are so beautiful!!” And started sobbing!

I was also really upset that night because I was worried someone had stolen all of Jonathan’s (my husband) toys off the front porch! (He has no toys. And nothing on the porch! I don’t know what I was talking about!)I kept asking if anyone had called the police yet!

I asked for an aloe plant to drink because I was so thirsty!

I was so proud of myself for drinking water from a straw, declaring, “Wow! I AM a big girl!”

I even told my husband I thought he was really cute and asked him out on a date… like I had no idea who he was! (Glad it was him!)

All I know is it’s a good thing I never did drugs! I was a mess!

Recently I got some acrylic nails. I loved them and felt so pretty in them! But I realized I’m just not cut out for them anymore! So, I soaked them off one day this week. Do you know if you leave your fingernails in nail polish remover for too long, it will turn your fingers blue and drop your body temperature too low? Well, it will. Trust me. It will.

We also got a bunny this week. I’m the mom who said no pets. We now have a dog, cat, sugar gliders, 3 hermit crabs, a hampster, and a bunny (which was 100% my idea even!). We pretty much have a petting zoo. Let me know if you want to schedule a field trip.

These are the random things on my mind during treatment today, and I just laid there trying my very best not to physically move while I laughed! Instead, tears were dripping down my cheeks because I was trying to hold it in!

I heard the machine stop and I thought, “Oh GOD, I’m sorry… I didn’t even pray!” For that matter, I didn’t think of anything spiritual at all! I just laughed!