Merril's motorcycle crash...

Merril was down in Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show.  He'd taken his motorcycle, a Triumph Tiger, on a trailer because he was going to California right after and wanted to ride down there.  He'd unloaded his motorcycle to make parking easier at CES.  He had a green light through an intersection and a lady coming the opposite direction turned left in front of him.  His bike went down and so did he.  He had on a helmet but not his riding jacket.  He said he was going probably 30 mph when it happened and he had a really hard time catching his breath afterwards.  His chest hit something in the crash.  So they called the police and it took over an hour for them to arrive.  Meanwhile, an ambulance arrived to check out Merril.  They checked his ribs and said he was in no immediate danger but should probably head to an E.R. to be checked out.  So after the police came and Merril gave his statement, he got his bike loaded on the trailer and came home.  I met him at the E.R. here and he looked tired and worn but o.k.  It was a little after midnight.

We waited for a bit and he was admitted.  He got a chest and knee x-ray, both of which came back fine.  His arm was cleaned up and he was given a prescription for pain.  We were home by 2:30 a.m.  The next day he had some pretty bad whiplash and a bunch of bruises up his right side, ankle, calf, side and shoulder.  He's slow but should be just fine!

Update:  Merril went to a spine specialist and a massage therapist.  The spine specialist prescribed steroids and muscle relaxers.  They made Merril wake up at night sweating like crazy so he quit taking them.  After a week his neck was feeling better.  After 2 weeks, he was the same as always.  Merril's Mom asked if he'd "learned his lesson."  It'd take a lot more than some bruises and scratches for Merril to give up riding.  Hopefully it never comes to that.  :)