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neebsI need prayers for my friend Phil.
Phil plays volleyball with me every Wednesday, and has for about 2 years. He's an older gentleman--I would say maybe a little older than my dad--and he has Parkinson's. Usually, Phil is a little shakey, and every now and then he may stumble and fall, but last night was unusually bad. First he fell into the net, and almost dragged the net down. Then he fell into another woman that we play with and she kinda caught him before he fell. The third time, he tried to hit the ball and another guy who was right there literally caught him as he fell down. (Mind you, Phil is not a small guy--he's about 6'2" and pretty solid.) The last time Phil fell, he fell face first, straight onto the ground, and no one was able to catch him. Also, he was unable to put his hands out to brace himself since he doesn't have that great control over his body due to the Parkinson's. Basically, the only reason he still has teeth and not a broken nose is because he was able to turn his head at the last moment. He definitely blacked out for a few minutes and he had a large lump on his head that he was bleeding from. We called an ambulance, but they can't make him go, and he refused to go and get checked out and make sure that he didn't have any internal head bleeding or anything. He also lives alone, so someone was going to take him home and try to call someone but if Phil refused to give them a phone number, what could they do? He's such a stubborn man.
Anyway, needless to say it was a pretty rough night. Please keep Phil in your prayers.
Phil plays volleyball with me every Wednesday, and has for about 2 years. He's an older gentleman--I would say maybe a little older than my dad--and he has Parkinson's. Usually, Phil is a little shakey, and every now and then he may stumble and fall, but last night was unusually bad. First he fell into the net, and almost dragged the net down. Then he fell into another woman that we play with and she kinda caught him before he fell. The third time, he tried to hit the ball and another guy who was right there literally caught him as he fell down. (Mind you, Phil is not a small guy--he's about 6'2" and pretty solid.) The last time Phil fell, he fell face first, straight onto the ground, and no one was able to catch him. Also, he was unable to put his hands out to brace himself since he doesn't have that great control over his body due to the Parkinson's. Basically, the only reason he still has teeth and not a broken nose is because he was able to turn his head at the last moment. He definitely blacked out for a few minutes and he had a large lump on his head that he was bleeding from. We called an ambulance, but they can't make him go, and he refused to go and get checked out and make sure that he didn't have any internal head bleeding or anything. He also lives alone, so someone was going to take him home and try to call someone but if Phil refused to give them a phone number, what could they do? He's such a stubborn man.
Anyway, needless to say it was a pretty rough night. Please keep Phil in your prayers.
