As I posted earlier, our son Joe was attacked at the side of a street near his ordinarily peaceful neighborhood. He was taken to St. David's by EMS covered in blood. It turns out Joe wrestled the miscreant who attacked him to the ground and had him in a headlock. As he lost blood he lost his grip and the guy got away.
 
Bottom line: Joe has no internal bleeding, no skull fractures. He has a tetanus shot and three staples in his head just back from his hairline. He now looks back to normal and back home with Kristin and a little bottle of pain killers.

OK, Joe was not attacked at work as we thought. The officer who called us said "Austin Police" and we heard "Austin Pizza" the place where Joe works. As it turns out, Joe was driving his car near his neighborhood when a guy on a bike started yelling at him. Joe pulled over to see if there was something wrong with his car, or what. Then the guy got off his bike and spit on Joe, yelling, etc. Then he hit Joe over the head with a wrench and, I guess, took off. Sounds like road rage at this point. Joe has no idea what set the guy off.

As passerby stopped and called the police. Joe's entire face was obscured by blood, so it looked very bad, indeed. Mary Jane is down at St. David's with Joe's wife Kristen, right now. She says the cut isn't as bad as all the blood would indicate, but Joe's entire head is bandaged. The nurses, para-meds, etc. have been treating Joe, so no doctor to say if it's a concussion, how many stitches, etc. Joe is nauseated, so it's likely a concussion.

Friends, relatives...

Our 26 year old son Joe was attacked while working at Austin's Pizza by a guy with a wrench. An officer on the scene called us and we had brief words with Joe as EMS was taking him to St. David's on Ben White. Joe is in shock and likely suffering from a concussion. I will keep you posted on his condition. Prayers for his well being and our strength to help him, greatly appreciated.