Bret update: wrist surgery later this week.

Bret is lucky to be alive. He purchased a new Harley Davidson, after completing the motorcycle safety class, Monday at 4pm. Because Bret was new on a bike, he and his friends took the 'back roads' home. Which meant going up Provo Canyon, coming down Parley's. At about 2300 East, Westbound on I-80 in the fast lane going around 70 mph, he got into some gravel and panicked. He braked, lost control and hit the K-rail while still on the bike. Still upright, he knew he wasn't going to regain control (there was a car following very closely behind him that attributed to the panicking) and made the decision to lay the bike down - which is the best option, as opposed to flying through the air. He skidded (probably quite far) then rolled and found himself in the center lane of the freeway. Luckily, he never lost consciousness and jumped up and ran to the center K-rail.
His 'friend' was riding in front of him and saw a cloud of dust in his mirror. He pulled over and ran back to find Bret sitting on the K-rail banged up. A woman had stopped just short of running the bike over and offered to take him to the hospital. Instead, they waited another 15 minutes for the ambulance to arrive.
Once at the hospital, the first did a CT Scan which miraculously, didn't show any head trauma. Then the did xrays on his left arm, without very much pain meds, and he said it was excruciatingly painful. They tried poking him about 10 times in his hand to do a nerve block but his hand was too swollen. They did conscious sedation and got the wrist in a more natural position and splinted it.
As of this morning, he thought hwas coming home today and would have surgery later this week once swelling has subsided. He has a broken third metatarsel (ring-finger bone in hand, not finger), index finger at second knuckle cut down to bone which they cleaned out but didn't stitch fully up yet, a dislocated elbow to some degree or something, and wrist that's in many pieces.
The ER doc said the hand specialist will put a pin in his hand, a plate on the underside of his wrist, and probably a pin in his elbow.
Luckily, although he didn't have health insurance, there is some he can get coverage but he'll have to have his surgery at an IHC Hospital.

Bret was lucky to be wearing gloves, steel-toed boots which easily saved his foot, long pants, a helmet, and jacket.