After a nearly

six-month absence, Fayette County Commissioner Peter Pfeifer returned

to work last week in the County Commission chambers.

Last December,

Pfeifer was rushed to the hospital with a severe headache. Several tests

determined Pfeifer had bleeding of the brain and a long rehabilitation

process started.

"Thankfully,

I don't remember most of it. I don't even remember the headache,"

he said.

He said that

doctors never fully determined what caused the problem and said sometimes

it just occurs in individuals.

Pfeifer was

extremely thankful for all the support he received during the ordeal.

"These

prayers and thoughts were a factor that was, and is, a tremendous help

to me. I thank you all for the numerous expressions of those devotions

and regards that I received," he said.

He handed out

a statement to the press at the meeting, which caused several of the commissioners

to start laughing.

"He's

just got