Suz
(the future) MRS. GERE
"ACCIDENT: Following a motorcycle crash Sunday, a 25-year-old XXXXXburg man was in critical condition Sunday night in Altoona Hospital, according to Pennsylvania State Police, XXXXXsburg.
Police, who have not released the man's name, said he was going east on XXXX Road when he lost control of his motorcycle and it hit an embankment, then flipped over. According to police, he suffered severe head trauma and was flown to Altoona.
8-26-09
XXXXX Township
ACCIDENT: Pennsylvania State Police, XXXXXburg, have released the name of a man who was seriously injured when his motorcycle went off of XXXXX Road Sunday and flipped over.
Police said Robert J. XXXXX, 25, of XXXXXburg, was riding the motorcycle east on XXXXX Road when he lost control of it while trying to negotiating a left hand curve.
The bike went off the right side of the road, hit an embankment and then flipped over.
XXXXX's condition was stable on Tuesday at Altoona Regional Hospital, where he was taken after the accident." Police said XXXXX will be charged with speeding."
I swear, my son will be the death of me.
O.M.G.
He is home. I am home. What a week so far.
Exdh is going to send me the pictures he took of Rob since we got there Sunday night. We have a day-by-day album, from the time we arrived and he was in a coma for 16 hours and every orifice was connected to "something" , until today when we drove him home.
He has a severe traumatic brain injury, two black eyes, a nose that started off on his cheek (!) until they repositioned it (!!!), countless stitches on his face and road rash. He has lousy short term memory, difficulty finding words, language that would make a sailor blush.
He's a mess.
I am terrified that, since he's never been known to have an ounce of common sense, that he won't follow doctors' orders but there isn't a dang thing I can do about it.
He didn't do one thing right. He was riding a motorcycle he bought that he'd never transferred title on. It had no insurance. He didn't have a license to drive it. He didn't have a helmet on...and his blood alcohol level was "over the legal limit."
If the only thing he's charged with is speeding, he can consider himself one lucky devil.
I cannot tell you how much it meant to me to know that you were all holding vigil for us and with us. When I read the posts I simply bawled. Thank you sooooo very much to each and every one of you for taking time out of your day to send your care and thoughts and love. It really meant the world to me.
I am a wreck. I've gone through shock and sadness and fear and I'm now into the MAD-ANGRY-MOM-YOU-SCARED-ME-TO-DEATH stage. From past experience, I know it will pass and that I will have to somehow build up my detachment bobblehead skills again.
O.M.G. What a week.
Thank you so much for being at my side. I love you all.
Suz