LUBBOCK, Texas — Parkinson’s Awareness Month ended in April, but for some, the fight for a cure is year-round. That’s the case for Parkinson’s Disease patients like my dad, Michael Reeves, and Covenant Medical Group Neurologist and Movement Disorder Specialist, Dr. Katie Hendley.
Reeves has been one of Dr. Hendley patients since about 2016, when he was diagnosed with the disease at 47-years-old.
“At first, like I had shoulder pain… I was running a lot, so the toes on my right foot would curl up,” Reeves explained. “I would get the tremor occasionally… But it was mostly just the right side of my body, just kind of quit working.”…