Friday, August 8, 2008

better details from Andy & Heidi

Kim is doing great - limping some, but up and around and on her computer emailing and otherwise being normal. Clark is sitting up, has a pretty impressive shiner, and goes into surgery this afternoon to fix the bones in his cheek that are broken. He is on a lot of pain killers now and is sort of in and out, but is breathing on his own, making jokes and talking some when he is awake. He looks very well considering the circumstances, and his prognosis for a complete recovery is excellent.As far as details of what happened, the best we can piece together at this point is that a bus that picks up and drops of disable people was parked letting someone off at the side of the road, and pulled out in front of Clark and Kim. They were traveling about 60mph when this happened. They were on a larger motorcycle and pulling a small motorcycle camper behind them. Clark stopped the bike as quickly as he could, and this caused the trailer to fishtail behind them, swing around and pull the bike down on its side and to be facing the opposite direction. Kim was thrown from the bike and slid under the bus, and it appears that Clark's head may have hit the bumper of the bus itself. He remarkably has very few cuts on has face, but has an extremely swollen left check and ear area, a black eye, and a deep cut on the back of his head.We will be here for at least a couple of days I think while we figure out what to do with the motorcycle and trailer, and help as we are able. Thank you all so much for your emails and calls of encouragement, as well as your prayers and thoughts. Clark's condition is truly remarkable, and we are very grateful for all of your support.

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