All,

I went to visit Jerome Jousse today. FYI, he is at the Westchester County
Medical Center/Trauma Center and NOT Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount
Kisco. I would sum up his current condition this way: He's in good shape for
the shape he's in. Given the multiple trauma he has sustained he is really
doing remarkably well and is in great spirits. It's likely that he will stay in
the Trauma Center for at least another day. They have him eating and drinking
now and he is capable of ambulating on his own (although he needs help getting
in and out of bed because of his bruised ribs). His broken/bruised bones/road
rash will all heal just fine but in the meantime he will not win any beauty
contests as his face is still quite raw from the trauma. Either way his wife
assured him that she will still love him (although she did mention something
about future plastic surgery...).

It will likely be some time before he is able to get back on the road again and
we both came to the same conclusion that his riding season is probably over for
this year. But he is on the mend and appears to have avoided any siginicant
sequelae from his head injury. I think he'll be just fine but I will miss him
out on the roads.

Joe