Re: QB family needs our prayers

• From: andywehrm <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 20:08:44 -0000
• Message-ID: <c18dsc+n68l_at_...>

Alex is correct in his report of our tragic situation with Phillip 
Reason.  Phil was certainly one of my favorite people and was 
quickly tunring into a terrific player.  Philip had a brain aneurism 
just before Thanksgiving in his dorm.  We at the U of A are planning 
on donating the proceeds from our high school NAQT tournament in 
March to his family.  No one on our team will ever forget Philip's 
contribution to our team: his sense of humor, his shy smile, or his 
pizza-eating ways.  We are hoping and praying that he is able to 
recover.  

Best Wishes,
Andy Wehrman

--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, "Alex Metcalf" <alexmetcalf_at_h...> 
wrote:
> I don't think anyone has mentioned it on here, but a young man who 
plays
> QB at Arkansas has had a severe health crisis.  His name is Phillip
> Reason.  He was very active in high school and was playing at U of 
A
> this year as a freshman.  His mother is also active on the 
Arkansas high
> school quiz bowl circuit, and most of us who have played there in 
the
> last several years know the family.  I am not sure as to the 
details,
> but Thanksgiving weekend he had several seizures and is now in a 
coma.
> He is only 19 and the doctors are not sure if he will ever recover.
> This is a very hard time for the family, as they are having to 
make some
> of the most difficult decisions any of us could imagine. Though I
> realize only a few people from this region might know Phillip and 
his
> family, I'm sure that they would appreciate prayers from 
everyone.  If
> anyone would like an address to send cards or the like, contact me 
at
> alexmetcalf-at-hotmail-dot-com.
>  
> Thanks,
> Alex
> 
> 
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