Yesterday, in the midst of my joy in getting the new puppy, we received a call from my sister. At 6:45 a.m. yesterday morning, my 37 year old nephew riding his motorcycle home to Orange, CA from Bullhead City, AZ was hit by a drunk driver outside of Laughlin, NV.

Chris was flown to University Hospital in Las Vegas and underwent several hours of surgery. He lost his left leg below the knee and they will more than likely have to amputate more of the leg today. There's a bleeder inside the leg and unless they can stop the bleeder it's back to surgery. He was bleeding internally so they opened his abdomen up. He has a fractured pelvis and other abrasions/contusions.

He was wearing a helmet, so there were no head injuries and the CAT scan looks good there.

It was touch and go for a while - really still is. I prayed so hard yesterday and I'm asking the PT friends to pray for him. He's so young and he has a wife and three kids (and a lot of other family) who still need him.

The person who hit him is under arrest in Laughlin and will face charges for whatever happens, but somehow that is small comfort right now. I've always been an advocate of the designated driver idea - in fact I'm the one who volunteers.