Chris, the cyclist who was badly hurt after being hit by a car, visited with me and my colleagues this morning. Very cool and funny guy. We spent the first 15 minutes of the meeting getting the full story on the accident and his recovery. He looks great and his (long) recovery is going well. He broke his right shoulder in 2 places...broke the socket in the shoulder...broke his neck...broke his leg...head injuries, etc. He lost his sense of smell and taste. He lost 70% of hearing in one ear. Not pretty. He was in the hospital for 2 weeks, in a wheelchair for 2 months. He had to have walls in his house torn down because of the wheelchair. He's still doing physical therapy. But...he is back on the bike! And his wife even told him that he can buy a new bike . He has no memory of the accident or what happened after the accident. The driver did not get cited and according to the police report, "the victim hit the car" - even though the car made a left turn into Chris. He said that he was only going about 15 mph so he wasn't going that fast. Even though that shouldn't matter. And according to the police report, the first question he asked was, "What country am I in?" Because of his position at the university, he does a lot of international travel so in his mind, he was thinking, "Please don't let me be in Afghanistan" because he had just been there. During our meeting, he forgot something and he burst out laughing and said, "It's from the crash! I blame the crash. I can use that excuse for years when I forget something."
Anyway, it was great to see him doing so well.