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Saturday, August 23, 2008

Split Head

At 11:00 last night, just about to head for bed, for some reason I checked my email. What do I see? A strange looking email that does not look like spam so I go ahead and open it and see the photo below with the caption below it that says "Taydon hit Riley in the head with a golf club, he's OK though." Of course I had to worry who was okay, Taydon or Riley, because Riley sure didn't look okay, and depending on how it happened that Taydon hit Riley I didn't know if he was okay. I could see from the photo that it was taken in a doctors office or hospital, and since I had talked to Eric just a few hours earlier and he hadn't said anything then that it had to have happened after about 8:00 p.m. Also, the email was marked at arriving at 9:55 p.m. I called Eric this morning to find out what happened and how Riley was doing. First Riley is fine, considering. They did have to staple his wound closed, I didn't ask how many staples. Eric says Riley kept asking "Can I touch my nails?" Apparently Eric, Taydon and Riley were at Swan Lakes driving range practicing their drives. Riley was on the next practice tee behind Taydon. Taydon checked to see that he was clear but suddenly Riley decided he needed a tee and headed over towards his bag as Taydon went into his back swing. You can see the results. We pray for his quick healing and full recovery.

1 comment:

Trevor said...

Wow! Can you believe it..this happens every day and it is never on the news. What a powerful swing. I am glad he is "ok".