J's Bike Accident Update 2 - Post Surgery

J went in for surgery Friday after new x-rays showed the collar bone wasn't healing well. He's posted a long report with pictures and the police report. If you're interested, you can go there for more details. [On a Mac, the link works much better on Safari than Firefox.] His body's been beat up, he's got broken bones, but he's alive, he's even walking and functioning, and the prognosis is that he will be basically ok when it's all over. I know a lot of people who haven't been that lucky.

And there are all the things roiling through me that I can't put into words.

[update: here's the helmet post accident]