4/26/09: Update on dirt bike victim

C1, C2, C7 spinal fractures, widespread brain injury, abdominal bleeding, mandible (jaw bone) fractured in 2 places, and dissection of both carotid arteries and 1 vertebral artery (translation: 3 of the 4 arteries supplying the brain were stretched and torn, but did not tear completely through – he was incredibly lucky). He is in the ICU and his condition is improving. He is able to initiate taking a breath (though the ventilator assists his breathing), he has had motor reflexes in all four extremities, and purposeful movement in one arm. He is doing amazingly well considering all the injuries he sustained. My thoughts are with him and his family.