Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

I received this email a few hours ago, and am posting it here so that we can all pray for Riley's complete recovery. My thoughts are especially deep and strong for his wonderful wife and family.

    Subject: FW: Riley in Royal Brisbane Hospital

    Hi Ronnie,

    Trust you are well.

    You might already know this as bad news often travells very fast, but I am forwarding you Patrica Lee's email for your info. 
    Also -- this is all back to front ; Patrica's latest update is first (in quotations, and then below is the whole story) :

    --- Ian C (Western Australia)


    "I have just had a phone call from Graham, the taikoz artistic
    director on this tour, who has been back and forth to the hospital
    checking on Riley. He says Riley's shakuhachi seem to have survived
    the impact unscathed but he didn't know if Riley had checked his
    computer...these were all in his back pack when the accident happened.
     
    At this stage I only have the following info from Riley via text msg.
    I assume this is info he has received as a result of X-rays.
    His left arm is broken below the shoulder. Probably it will need a
    plate. His left knee is really messed up and will probably need
    reconstruction. There is another break near the ankle which will heal
    itself. It seems the operations will not happen until Monday. He is
    still waiting for an MRI. And finally his latest text msg says he has
    a burn on his left calf that will need a skin graft."

     
    > Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:23:11 +1100
    > To: patricia@rileylee.net
    > From: patricia@rileylee.net
    > Subject: Riley in Royal Brisbane Hospital
    >
    > Just a quick note to update you:
    >
    > Yesterday (THU 28 OCT) afternoon, around 4pm Riley was walking along
    > the footpath on a busy one way street in the middle of Brisbane. He
    > was hit by a car which had mounted the curb.
    >
    > I was informed of this by the police woman who rang me from the
    > hospital on Riley's phone.
    >
    > Riley had asked her to phone me and tell me what had happened. At
    > that stage they thought he had a broken leg and maybe a broken nose.
    > He was badly bruised, cut about and in pain but conscious waiting to
    > be checked out by the doctors.
    >
    > Subsequent phone calls with the hospital and the police woman gave me
    > more info.
    >
    > It appears it was quite a pile up with at least one car ploughing
    > into the back of the car that hit Riley and causing its steering to
    > lock and mount the pavement. The police woman said it was amazing
    > that Riley was not killed.
    >
    > I spoke briefly with Riley later to reassure him that I had been in
    > contact with everyone and that the rest of the taiko group had
    > reorganised the show to go on without him.
    >
    > At around midnight I got a report from the hospital that his left
    > shoulder is broken but not too badly. They will probably put it in
    > plaster. The worse pain is in his left knee where it seems the
    > ligaments are torn on both sides of the knee cap. The orthopaedic
    > surgeon felt he needed (no pun intended!) to operate. R is badly
    > bruised and scrapped and in a lot of pain.
    >
    > I will call the hospital soon but it seems he will have to stay there
    > for a couple of days. Once I know he can be released from hospital I
    > will fly up to Brisbane to bring him home.
    >
    > I will keep you posted when I know more.
    > Love
    > P
    >
    >
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    >
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    > AUSTRALIA
    >
    > Riley's schedule with TaikOz
    > OCT - DEC 2010
    >
    > Blessings of the Earth Tour
    >
    > Oct 20 Alice Springs: Araluen Arts Centre, NT; Oct 23 Darwin
    > Entertainment Centre, NT; Oct 27 Cairns Civic Theatre, QLD: Oct
    > 29 Cleveland: Redland Performing Arts Centre, Concert Hall,
    > QLD: Oct 30 Toowoomba: Empire Theatre, QLD; Nov 3 Parramatta:
    > Riverside Theatre, NSW; Nov 5 Albury Entertainment Centre, NSW; Nov
    > 6 Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre, NSW; Nov 9 Griffith Regional
    > Theatre, NSW; Nov 11 Mildura: Mildura Arts Centre, VIC; Nov 13
    > Sale: Esso BHP Billiton Wellington Entertainment Centre VIC; Nov 14
    > Monash: Robert Blackwood Hall, VIC; Nov 17-18 Hobart: Theatre
    > Royal, TAS; Nov 22 Ballarat: Her Majesty's Theatre, VIC; Nov 24
    > Portland: Portland Arts Centre, VIC; Nov 26 Wangaratta Performing
    > Arts Centre, VIC
    >
    > Monoprism Dec 2-4, Perth Concert Hall, WA (with the West Australian
    > Symphony Orchestra)