I just found out that a 6 yr old boy who lived down the road from my ex was in a bad accident a month ago. He used to ride the school bus with my 6 yr old before we moved out and my son knew him fairly well. I guess this boy was riding a dirtbike and was doing jumps when he crashed. He severed his liver and just missed the main artery by a couple cm's (would have killed him- bled out). As it is though, he's still very seriously injured, its been over 4 weeks now and he's still in ICU because his liver keeps bleeding, swelling and leaking bile because some of the bile ducts were torn. he's had numerous surgeries and still he's not healing well. I feel so horrible for this little boy and also worried what will happen to him once he recovers- his dad reported that he has been on heavy doses of narcotics for the pain and I keep thinking omg will this poor child suffer horrible WD too when he finally gets well enough to get off of these things? Will he forever be predisposed to opiate cravings when he is older? I sure hope not. I know Im getting way ahead of things worrying about that for this little boy, and I pray he just recovers fully from this horrible accident. School is about ready to start in another 10 days or so, and this poor kid is still in the hospital, spent nearly half his summer vacation in ICU...so sad! =( I cant imagine what his parents must be going through either..