I just got off the phone with Hal's wife Tina. Hal will be spending the night
in the hospital. Tina was able to join Hal at the hospital shortly after he
got there. His daughter came as well. Tina will be returning to the hospital
early tomorrow morning.
The doctors are monitoring Hal closely and have another CT scan scheduled for
around midnight tonight. He apparently has some blood pooling in his brain and
they want to be sure it does not continue. In addition, Hal has a broken
clavicle and a number of abrasions on his head, shoulder, hips and legs.
Hal was in a lot of pain on his ride over to the hospital. They gave him
morphine on the ride over. The broken clavicle was causing him a lot of pain
and he was experiencing some memory loss. Apparently he began having severe
headaches this afternoon in the hospital and they are now giving him some
morphine derivatives to help with the pain. His wife said he was resting well
when she left the hospital just a short while ago.
For those who do not know, shortly after the A- ride separated from the A ride
this morning, Hal took a nasty spill. It would appear that Hal hit a small
piece of wood that was on the road which caused him to lose control and flip
over his handle bars. He landed on his head and shoulder then proceeded to
skid some distance down the road. He was unconscious for a period of time.
911 was called and an ambulance and fire truck showed up very quickly. He was
transported by ambulance to the Duke Emergency Center where Tina, his wife as
able to meet up with him. I rode with Hal to the hospital and stayed with him
and his wife until his daughter arrived.
It was reassuring to see how everyone on the ride did what was necessary to
ensure Hal received appropriate care while we waited for the ambulance to
arrive. A family that lives across the street from the accident was also very
helpful and definitely biker friendly. Also, thanks to Derrick and Mary for
picking up our bikes and dropping mine off at my house and Hal's off at the
Trek store.
Please keep Hal in your thoughts and prayers. Tina asked that I thank everyone
for their assistance today. She promised to keep me appraised of Hal's
condition.
Carol
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