Franklin Bodine's recuperation

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	Franklin recovers in bed at home about 19 hours after the accident. After four hours in the emergency room, the only injuries they could find were a fractured collarbone and a wound in his leg requiring six stitches. Amazing! It could have been much worse. On our visit, I told him that we brought "a gift that money can't buy." When he guessed some sappy answers, I pulled out of my coat a bag of Free Popcorn from the SGI cafeteria. (Free popcorn was a favorite of Franklin's when he worked at SGI.)
		Franklin always wore his helmet. Good thing, too, or he'd be even more brain-damaged than he is now. (His words, not mine! ;-) Note the cracks and even the hole in his helmet -- must've hit pretty hard.
	His coat was torn up. The long, straight cut on the left was done by the paramedics at the scene of the accident. (Do they use the "Jaws of Life" to cut coats?)
	Here's a closeup of the shoulder of his coat. You can see the more irregular cuts here -- those are from the windshield that shattered as his shoulder hit it. Bits of his jacket were found in the windshield wipers. Franklin says he remembers seeing the road upside down as he flew threw the air -- he did not lose consciousness at any time.
	This is a big victory for Franklin's long-suffering wife, Mingi. She says that she knew he'd have an accident some day while bike commuting, since he does it year 'round in all weather. She is thankful to God that he was not more seriously injured in his inevitable "wake-up call." According to Mingi, he will not be commuting by bicycle any more. This means that he will finally be forced to buy a second car. (It's been seven years now since he finished grad school, so maybe he can afford a second car by now? ;-)