Julio Jones in the hospital story (somewhat off-topic)
Alabama wr Julio Jones
In fairness, if David wants to post a Kodi Burns in the hospital story, he can! ;) This week my aunt was at St. Vincent’s hospital to have a complete knee reconstruction done. Being a nice sister, my mom has been at the hospital the last couple of days to support her. Mom just called to share an interesting story with me:
She said that while she was outside my Aunt’s room earlier in the week, a young African American man was wheeled out of surgery, and into the room next to my aunt. Mom tells me that she struck up a conversation with the mom of the young man who had just had surgery. His mom mentioned that her son was a football player, and my mom asked where, and lo and behold, he played at the University of Alabama. My mom perked up a bit then, and asked who he was, instantly recognizing Julio Jones’ name when told, though my mom still calls him “Julio” with a hard “j” sound.
According to Julio’s mom, he had surgery on his shoulder and left wrist. Julio’s mom said that he played the entire season with a broken left wrist, an injury that he apparently received in high school. Julio’s mom said that he initially didn’t tell the coaches because he wanted to play so bad, so he just played with a bulky wrist wrap, to protect his wrist.
The next day, mom walked by the room, and Julio was sitting up, waiting to go home. So, my mom knocks on the door, and goes in to talk to Julio’s mom. (my mom isn’t a very shy person, I guess you might say). She ends up talking with Julio for several minutes. At first she said that she was going to ask him for an autograph, but that Julio’s writing hand was the one that just had surgery (according to my mom), and his other hand had an IV in it. So my mom said, I was going to ask you for an autograph for my 10 year old son, but I see that you can’t write.” Julio told her that he’d try anyway, and sure enough, he gave her an autograph for my little brother. Julio mentioned that he was headed back to Tuscaloosa because class started back today. My mom asked him if he’d be okay going to class so soon, and he said, “Oh yes ma’am, I don’t hurt at all - I haven’t even had any pain medicine.” Tough guy!
Mom asked him about playing with a broken wrist all year, wondering whether it bothered him, and he said that it hurt every time he got hit. (It sure didn’t show). My mom walked away very impressed with Julio, calling him soft-spoken, humble, and very nice. He seems like a really good guy. She said that Julio also mentioned four other players that had surgery that week, but she didn’t remember the names, except for a T.J., or A.J. (”B.J., I asked?” “Yes, that was it” she said).
Disclaimer: My mom is not a journalist, so some facts may be not be airtight, but she’s usually pretty reliable.
I’ll try to get a scan of his autograph later on and post it.
Chase
5 Comments
Borproppy on January 21st, 2009
Nothing seems to be easier than seeing someone whom you can help but not helping.
I suggest we start giving it a try. Give love to the ones that need it.
God will appreciate it.
piskodrocho on July 10th, 2009
I want to listen good music!
play basketball on November 23rd, 2011
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heal cancer on November 23rd, 2011
One other issue is that if you are in a predicament where you don’t have a cosigner then you may really want to try to wear out all of your school funding options. You can get many grants or loans and other scholarships and grants that will offer you money to help you with institution expenses. Thx for the post.
Gwen McFerrin on January 15th, 2009
Thanks for the Julio story. Most of us here in Foley, whether we actually know him or not, are very proud of Julio. We feel he is an asset of ours, and one of our boys. His color does not matter to most of us, just his big heart and even bigger smile. Thanks for the reinforcement to our heartfelt belief in him.