ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- An 83-year-old man died after he lay injured in his yard for three days, ordering his wife not to call doctors.

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Glen Schibley was found dead Thursday, his wife by his side. He was working in his yard Monday afternoon when he fell and was unable to get up, Orange County Sheriff's Office spokesman Jim Solomons said.

Schibley told his 79-year-old wife, Harriet, not to call authorities because of previous bad experiences with doctors, Solomons said.

She was also hurt as she brought her husband food, water and medicine, and covered him with a tarp during rainstorms, Solomons said. She slept beside him at least once.

During those three days, the temperature once dropped to 55 degrees and almost 2 1/2 inches of rain fell in Orlando on Tuesday.

"I don't know what was on Harriet's mind. She loved the man deeply," neighbor Tim Elfman said Friday. "If he said don't call anybody, I guess she figured he would get up."

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"The two were found when their son-in-law came by to check up on them.

"I just can't imagine laying there two days in the rain and not wanting to go to the hospital and go inside where it's warm," said neighbor Sherman Brunell.

Harriet Schibley was transported to Florida Hospital East, where she was listed in fair condition Friday.

Neighbors could not see the pair because of a fence around the junk-strewn yard.

"They wanted to be left alone and we left them alone," neighbor Sherman Brunell said. "Maybe we shouldn't have left them alone."

After the two were found, a county code enforcement officer declared the Schibleys' home a health hazard. Neighbors and well-wishers were trying Friday to fix up the house, which has a leaky roof.

"There's a lot of elderly people in Orange County that can't afford to take care of their own place. They're barely eating," say Tim Short. He's not a neighbor, but he wants to help anyway.

Short brought his crew to assess the damage, about $6,000 worth, he said. He also said he'll provide the labor to fix it, if others in the community pay for supplies.

"I'm gonna try to contact her in the hospital. Let her know who I am, volunteer to let her have a place if she needs, 'cause I own a few properties here in Orlando, and get her down to Orange County to get a permit to re-roof her roof," says Short.

The sheriff's department says Hariet Schibley's son-in-law found out about people wanting to help. He said the family is very appreciative.