Vinny posted this on MySpace yesterday. It's why he didn't do better at the Masters Nationals:
Date: Aug 3, 2007 9:24 PM
Subject: big set back....it is what it is, life goes on.
Body: About 10 days out from the masters nationals i started feeling very tired...i just chalked it up to the training and diet.
i found my self sleeping a lot during the day...i never do that.
my condition started to get hazy and i could not tell what was going on.
i started to not hear well out of my right ear too.
i ended up in the hospital on monday after the show....i woke up with no feeling on the right side of my face...i could not spit out after brushing my teeth, and i couldn't close my right eye at all....and my face was drooped.
i was diagnosed with BELLS PALSY....and tests came back positive for LYME -
I must have had a deer tick and didn't know it.....oh well, 2nd place and having LYME aint too shabby....lol