EUGENE
EUGENE ROBINSON. >> WELCOME TO CHARLOTTE TODAY. I AM CRAZY WITH EXCITEMENT TODAY
BECAUSE CALL -- COLLEEN IS BACK.
IT HAS BEEN ABOUT FOUR WEEKS
SINCE SHE WAS BACK AND WE HAD
RACHEL AND LARRY SPRINKLE
STEPPING IN BUT YOU ARE BACK AND
I'M SO EXCITED.
>> IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK.
I THINK YOU MENTIONED WHY I WAS
OUT.
MY SON ANTHONY, 16-YEAR-OLD SON
WAS INVOLVED IN A RUGBY
ACCIDENT.
HE WAS PLAYING IN A TOURNAMENT
AND HE TOOK A KNEE TO HIS HEAD
AND IT CRACKED HIS SKULL AND IT
CAUSED A BRAIN+@ BLEED.
HERE IS A+@ PICTURE OF MY SWEET
BOY IN THE HOSPITAL, ON JUNE 16.
HE HAD AN EMERGENCY SURGERY.
I WILL TELL YOU I AM A DIFFERENT
PERSON AFTER ALMOST LOSING MY
SON.
WE WILL TALK LATER ABOUT THAT IN
THE COMING WEEKS.
BUT IT WAS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE.
THANKS TO THE HOSPITAL FOR
LITERALLY SAVING HIS LIFE.
I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WORDS TO
THANK THEM.
IT WAS+@ A TERRIBLE TIME.
I'M HAPPY TO SAY HE IS HEALING
WELL.
HE HAD 42 STAPLES IN HIS HEAD.
HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE NURSE
REMOVING STAPLES.
THAT IS MY HUSBAND GROSSING OUT
DURING THE PROCESS.
I TOLD HIM HE NEEDED TO BE A MAN
IF ANTHONY WAS GOING TO GO
THROUGH IT.
THANK YOU FOR+@ THE FOOD AND
THROUGH IT. THANK YOU FOR+@ THE FOOD AND+@ CARDS, AND FOOD THAT MAGICALLY
SHOWED UP AT MY DOOR.
EVERYTHING HAS MEANT SO MUCH AND
LIFTED MY SPIRITS.
IF+@ SOMEONE IS HURTING AND IN
PAIN AND YOU WONDER IF YOU
SHOULD REACH OUT, YOU SHOULD
REACH OUT.
DON'T WORRY THAT THEY ARE BEING
BUM BARDED -- BOMBARDED, SAY
SOMETHING.
EUGENE CAME AROUND THE HOUSE AND
HIS HEAD WAS STILL HURTING AND
HE WAS THERE AND MAKING ANTHONY
LAUGH.
ANTHONY SAID IT WAS GREAT TO
HAVE YOU THERE AND YOU CRACKED
HIM UP.
IT WAS WONDERFUL.
WE WERE ABLE TO GO TO THE BEACH.
+@ THE DOCTOR SAID WE COULD.
ANTHONY JUST COULDN'T SWIM OR DO
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
HE IS HEALING QUITE NICELY.
THERE IS MY OTHER SON.
A FEW DAYS AFTER THE ACCIDENT,
HE WOULD KISS ANTHONY'S HEAD AND
SAY I LOVE YOU BROTHER AND NOW
THEY ARE BACK TO FIGHTING.
SO EVERYTHING IS GETTING BACK TO
NORMAL AND THAT IS GOOD.
LIKE I SAID, I AM A DIFFERENT
PERSON.
GOING THROUGH AN EXPERIENCE LIKE
THAT.
I THOUGHT THAT I MIGHT DIE.
I REALLY DID.
THANK GOD THAT HE IS ON THE ROAD
TO RECOVERY.
AND WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF
THINGS TO GET THROUGH BUT THANK
YOU TO THE MANAGEMENT AT WCNC TO
GIVE ME THE TIME.
>> PEOPLE LOVE YOU.
YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT.
PEOPLE LOVE YOU HERE.
+@
YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT. PEOPLE LOVE YOU HERE. >> IT FEELS LIKE LOVE.
THAT'S WHY I SAID EVERY EMAIL OR
TEXT OR THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE
DID, IT FEELS LIKE CARE AND LOV@
AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WHO ARE
IN PAIN NEED.
THANK YOU TO THE QUEENS
UNIVERSITY RUGBY COACH.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HIM.
HE CAME TO MY HOUSE AND GAVE
ANTHONY SOME RUGBY GEAR AND
ASKED ANTHONY TO BE THEIR
ONERARY TEAM CAPTAIN AT THEIR
HOME GAME IN SEPTEMBER.
WE WILL BE DOING THAT AND
ANTHONY IS VERY EXCITED.
WHAT A KIND GESTURE FROM THE
COACH.
>> WOW.
>> HERE IS+@ ANOTHER PICTURE.
HE WEARS A HAT A LOT BECAUSE OF
THE SCARS.
WE VISITED UNCLE BOBBY AND JOSEY
THE OTHER DAY AND WENT SWIMMING.
IT WAS GREAT.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.
I APPRECIATE IT.
WHETHER IT IS ON FACEBOOK OR ON
THE SHOW OR IN SOME FORM, I
DON'T KNOW HOW IT IS GOING TO+@
HAPPEN, WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT
I HAVE LEARNED THROUGH THIS AND
WHAT