Thanks to all who have expressed concerns and support for our son-in-law.  I
have been away from the computer and unable to read or respond to the
messages, but I know that the power of purr is working.
Our daughter reports that her husband is out of the hospital and home.  He
has a broken toe, broken rib, broken shoulder blade, a concussion and a lot
of skin missing off his left arm.
His helmet probably saved his life.
He was traveling at the speed limit on a major street (probably at about 55
miles per hour) (sorry, Hans, you'll have to do your own math) when a car
pulled out in front of him.  He put on the brakes, and to avoid hitting the
car, laid the motorcycle over in the ditch beside the road.
The car that caused the accident kept on going.  Fortunately, witnesses and
good Samaritans stopped and rendered aid and called the police with an
identification of the vehicle.  My SIL does not remember the accident at
all, only just before and waking up later in the hospital, so he would not
be able to identify the car.
Oddly enough, he was able to call his uncle on the cell phone immediately
after the wreck before.  He told his uncle that he was O.K. and asking that
his uncle bring his pickup truck and help him load up his motorcycle, which
is a big Harley Davidson.
He didn't call our daughter because he thought he was O.K. and didn't want
her to worry.
Anyway, the uncle called our daughter and she went to the accident site as
they were loading her husband into the ambulance.
He spent the night in the hospital, but was released today.  I don't know
how much damage was done to the motorcycle, but the uncle and other
relatives did load it up and take it home.  The helmet is totaled.
The driver of the car is a 78-year-old woman, who probably didn't even know
what had happened until the police showed up at her door.
So, SIL is home, improving, but really hurting and has a way to go to heal.
Thanks again for the purrs, etc.
Annie