I had an accident on I80... luckily not in my cobra

[onefastmustang]

Unfortunately on my Harley. I was going west bound on 80 and was about 2 car lengths from the vehicle in front of me when there was suddenly this monsterous pothole in front of me. It was where the construction company that is repaving 80 had ground down the road the night before in prep for repaving. I hit the hole, went airborne but stayed on the bike. I was able to bring it back down and retain control but with a sudden shot of pain in my back. I deciced to pull over and slowed down and went to the inside breakdown lane. I was down to 30 or so when the bike hit some loose gravel and my lack of focus made me take down there to the ground. Thank god for chaps. Luckily I dropped bike right near where a guy was parked. He rushed out to get the bike off of me and helped me to the concrete wall. Turns out he was there investigating the pothole from a complaint. So I went to the hospital and had broken my lumbar vertabrae. I had a 7 hour surgery and am now bed ridden. Sucks for sure. Just not sure what I can do about the bills that go with all this. Anyone been through something like this before?