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For Guard and His Fan, Strength in a Number
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His problems were compounded last August when he spent two weeks in a hospital after suffering a heart attack. Ted said he has a heart condition that made the situation more precarious.
Even after taking six weeks off from his job as a database administrator at a grocery wholesaler in Houston, Ted said he couldn't get over his pain, couldn't let go of his suffering.
"I was really down and depressed," Ted Flowers said. "Then I met the Bass family, and it was like, almost immediately I was lifted up out of it. I was able to take my circumstances, set them aside and not dwell about it as much."
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The other night he woke up shaking, he vomited and spiked a fever so we took him to the hospital. They gave him some antibiotics, and we were able to return home because his blood counts were high enough. But last night, the hospital called back and said his blood culture from the other night was a growing a bacterial infection and that we need to bring him back in until they can identify the specific bacteria.
Oct. 15, 2005, online journal
post by Jamie Bass
Michael Flowers was more nervous the night before that game at Texas than he was before tip-off. He was riding the elevator at the team hotel, moments from meeting the fan he never expected.
The elevator door opened, and Flowers's eyes met Max's. Flowers smiled. Max smiled.
"Wow, Michael's so big, Dad," Max said.
For the next 25 minutes, Max asked Flowers every basketball-related question he could think of. Who's your favorite player? Can you dunk? How much do you really practice? Flowers kept smiling as he answered each query.
