Jerry and I were forced to have a truce but we really were having a lot of fun. My bed is about three feet high and I'm sitting on the edge with my back to Jerry. Right next to the bed is the over the bed table, which happens to be right in front of me. Jerry decides he's going to get the last blow in because his big toe is throbbing. All of a sudden I'm hit on the back of my shoulders with a pillow that was traveling faster than a speeding bullet, it hit me like a locomotive. SPLAT ! I landed right on top of the table with legs and arms on each side but to make it worse the table slides away from the bed. I'm now two feet from my bed and Jerry calls for Ma Nelson. Now my ears are throbbing, Ma gave me a chewing out that only a Mom can give. But in the long run it was still worth it, I got even with Jerry later.
A few days later Christmas arrives and one of my favorite Red Cross gals Bonnie Martin shows up with the Local VFW Post. Bonnie is a great gal and this is her first Christmas working with the VFW and a bunch of crazy Nam Vets. I'm sitting in my wheelchair next to my bed and the VFW Commander comes up to me with Bonnie and a Christmas present. He gives Bonnie the present to give to me and the Hospital newspaper is there doing their “public relations.”
 Jim & Ma Nelson |