I stopped by this morning to see OM .......after speaking with his nurse a bit, i went in to find him fast asleep. Knowing he needs beautty rest
....I let him sleep, and told his nice nurse "Kathy" that i'd be back in a bit. Did a little work and returned to find Mike up and in good spirits.
He's doing well, looks good -but make no mistake, he's battered up with the ailments already listed on the thread. His spirits are great! -Too good as our laughing was very painful for him. He does have a morphine drip with the "magic button" that he's fond of. He told me he wants to figure out how to take that home with him.
He also said:
-that while the nurses are great ...he's hoping the next shift is a few more "hotties"
-was disspointed that I didn't bring beer and hookers (and of course I replied: "just make a list of what you want dude, you're in reno!")
-he really liked the leather jacket that they had to "cut" off of him.
-his brother has been up, and today is working on getting the bike
So, he can focus, remembers some, mostly not though. Remember, pain medication makes it tough.
Our conversation was nice, simple and too many (painful for michael) laughs.
Short story: He's banged up but with time will be OK
He doesn't remeber what happened, they have told him it may come back to him. Flying through the air and bits/pieces of other info are about it.
While there there Fairlaner called (Michael told him we were naked and that he interrupted). I'm sure many others will be as well (calling, not inturrupting the naked party).
Another nurse came in to clean him up ...I got the hint that perhaps there is some "road rash" that needs to be attended to ...that maybe wasn't addressed yesterday as other issues more important.
I'm at that hospital a few times a week ....I'll make it a point to get by there every day (if not twice) the next days to check on him and give him a painful laugh or two.
He's in the new tower in a very nice room with flat screen TV etc ..(although i don't think he's used it yet ....sleep and pain med's being his primary staple) ....
The hospital is wired with great WiFi so I brought my laptop to share the nice posts here BUT, on this sunday morning I couldn't get connected. I'm sure tomorrow it'll be fine and I'll share the posts with him.
Rumors are that he'll be there a few day(?) week(?). If any distant riders are heading this way ...let me know and I can likely help with accomodations or whatever.
Depending on what Michael puts on the list that I asked him to put together for what he needs ...I might be soliciting donations from forum members for beer and hookers (or whatever he puts on his list). But seriously, me thinks sleep and healing are the priorities now.
OH, and no surprise to those that know Michael. ...the nurses LOVE him. they say he's "wonderful" a real "sweety".
His nurse Kathy told me:
" ....he's a good one! ...We're going to keep him for a few days".
